Off to Oxford!

Although I really like London, this was the day I'd been waiting for all week--my course at Oxford.  Check in started at ten a.m. so I headed out on the nine o'clock train from Paddington Station and enjoyed the hour long ride to Oxford.  Once at the station I met another woman, Trish, who was also bound for Christchurch, so we grabbed a cab and became fast friends.  I was escorted to my room in the Meadows Building and marveled at my awesome luck--the view was fantastic!  During check-in I also met another fellow Jane Austen classmate from Sweden called Helena and the three of us decided to meet up for lunch in the Hall before setting out to wander around Oxford.  We stopped at the Bodleian Library, saw the Radcliffe Camera, and took in splendor of the city.  We had a short meeting with our tutor after dinner and the rest of the evening was a blur.  All I remember after that is going to bed excited to be starting a weeklong discussion on Jane Austen's heroines!

The courtyard at Christchurch

Tom Tower

The spire of Christchurch Cathedral

Courtyard of the famous Bodleian Library