In case you can't guess from the title, I'm a tour guide at Christ Church, which is one of the Oxford colleges. I will be taking people around the college and cathedral showing them all the totally cool things there. I went and learned so much about the college from a man who took me around and showed me everything for almost three hours. Three of the coolest/ touristy things--1. A scene from Harry Potter was filmed in Christ Church. 2. Alice in Wonderland was written by Charles Dodson (Lewis Carroll) in Christ Church about a real girl named Alice who was the daughter of the college's dean. 3. Before he lost his head, Charles I lived in the college, and there is a stained glass window in the cathedral from 1180. Oxford has so much history, and I was really lucky to be able to see and learn about all of it yesterday. I'm planning on making a video of a tour of the cathedral for you all, and I'll post it on here when I'm done. The beginning theme song in the movie Vicar of Dibly is sung by the choir from Christ Church. Today in class, we were actually taught by a bonafide Oxford professor. He talked to us about the communities built by the fans of football teams here in Britain and Europe. It was a great lecture, and it was cool to get an ivy league education, even though it was just for an hour. Tonight we leave for Paris, and I'll talk to you all again when I get back. Pictures and stories to follow.
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| One window in Christ Church cathedral |
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The hallway leading up to the Great Hall
the first Harry Potter movie |
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