I haven’t had internet the last few days so I’m catching up
on my blogging. Wednesday we went to Oxford and took a guided tour that went to
a lot of spots that J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and their friends frequented.
We saw one of both authors’ houses and we went to the Eagle and Child, a tavern
where the “Inklings” group (Lewis, Tolkien and several others) met every
Tuesday (see picture below). We also saw a lot of the colleges that make up
Oxford University (I didn’t know it wasn’t just one college). After Oxford, we
went to Windsor Castle which was very imposing. Windsor Castle is the Queen’s
residence. It was kind of odd to see the castle smack dab in the middle of the
city, with traffic and restaurants surrounding it. The pictures can’t really
show you how huge it is. It was really cool. We saw St. George’s Chapel (which
was beautiful) and then we went through the state rooms. We couldn’t take
pictures of either of these two places sadly L
I think it will be more interesting to look at pictures as I explain some
things so I posted an album on facebook with commentaries on most of the
pictures. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.257836200984089.42316.100002731340786&type=1
Read the plaque
The room they met in (you can barely see the plaque on the lefthand side)
One of the houses that C.S. Lewis lived in
Windsor Castle
And again
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