Visit to Oxford (aka Hogworts)

So today, I woke up and my wrist hurt - I must have slept on it in a wrong position. Anyways, I headed toward the Victoria tube station so I can catch the bus with some EUSA students to Oxford. I grabbed a fast croissant and then headed toward the bus and had a nice hour and a half nap. Once we arrived at Oxford, we first walked around town - grabbing a bit to eat at KFC. We walked around the main college of Oxford, Christ Church College. Oxford is broken up into many colleges, rather than one main campus. It is beautiful and that is where most of the Harry Potter Movies were filmed.


We then shopped a little around town at the Oxford store, we saw the Oxford University Press and just strolled around this great college town. We then decided to go inside of Christ Church College and see the Great Hall, where the Hogwarts' Dining Hall was filmed. Although it was closed due to a prior function, we did manage to get some postcards etc.

We also saw the steps where Professor McGonigal first welcomed the students, the steps that led into the dining hall. We also saw some great areas where the movie was filmed too. We learned that the directors had to cover the windows with black cloth to make it look like it was night in the movie.

We then headed toward the Christ Church Cathedral too and then headed to the Bodleian Library - one of the oldest libraries on earth. However, we got there too late and all of the tours were full - we couldn't wander the library ourselves. Instead, we decided to head to the river and take a boat ride and punt (even though it was drizzling the entire day).


We went to the river and went punting - similar to what they do in Venice with the gondolas. It was an experience and fun too.

Afterwards, we went out to a great restaurant, Quod, and then headed home to London.

It was a great day to see Oxford and I just might be back there in the future for a longer period of time - who knows!

Tomorrow, I am off to the London Eye and Wax Museum too. Should be a fun day with planning for our trips in the evening.

Cheers!