Side Trip To Oxford
June 16, 2006
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The view from Carfax Tower.
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Great Tom, the bell at Christ Church College that tolls 101 times nightly at 9:05 p.m.
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Elysse and Nancy at Christ Church College.
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Christ Church College Cathedral spire
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The door is studded with "no peel", a protest leftover from 1829 when Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary, proposed greater freedoms for Catholics.
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The dining hall in Christ Church College, the model for the Great Hall in the Harry Potter series.
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Elysse and Nancy at a table in the dining hall.
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The head table in the dining hall.
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Great Tom and the quad
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The St. Thomas Becket window in Christ Church College. In order to avoid destruction since Becket fell out of favor with Henry VIII, Becket's face has been erased
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The Bodleian Library's reading room, inside the domed Radcliffe Camera.
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A bridge modelled after the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy.
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Elysse's little slice of heaven, the History of Science museum
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The Asmolean Museum, Oxford University's art and archaeology collection.
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The pub sign from the Eagle and Child, where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien once lifted a pint.
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