Oxford

On Sunday, Carl and I took a one-hour train ride to Oxford, the home of Oxford University. The town reminded me of a larger version of Georgetown. It was beautiful, the University dominated the area, and there were many stores and restaurants. The streets were filled with students returning for the new semester. More than once we saw a student squeal in delight and run up to hug a friend who had just arrived back in town.


One of the colleges that makes up Oxford University is Christ Church. We took a brief tour and saw, among other things, the large dining hall. We were told that this is the same dining hall that was used in the Harry Potter movies.
UPDATE: I was speaking with a woman whose daughter just graduated from Oxford, and she told me that for the Harry Potter movies, they digitally added in extra rows of tables to expand the size of the room. That would explain why the dining hall looks so much smaller here - and in real life.




Oxford did not have your typical college chapel. In fact, it is a cathedral.




Written near the ceiling was what I took to be the Oxford motto: "Fear God, Love the Brotherhood, Honor the King."