Oxford

The next stop on our day tour was Oxford! When I decided to study abroad in London I had planned on making a trip to Oxford, just because it is such a staple sight in England in my mind.

I wish I could have had even more time to explore the city, but it ended up being quite chilly and raining the entire time we were there. We took a quick little tour with our tour guide and then were released to do whatever we wanted for a few hours.
On the tour we took, we saw this pub, The Kings Arms. This is where Princess Diana's brother would act very drunk and crazy on the weekends, making the royal family second-guess whether Princess Di was really suitable.
This was the rotunda in Radcliffe Square. This area holds over 600,000 books underground, and it needs at least one copy of every single book ever published. Even if someone decided to publish 500 copies of a book, one would have to be sent here. There are also the original documents of many, many books and plays including Leo Tolstoy, William Shakespeare, and J. R. R. Tolkien. However, only students at Oxford or people with written permission (from their university or publisher) can look at these documents.

When we got released, we went to Corpus Christi College and Cathedral! This is where many scenes of Harry Potter were filmed for the movies!

A really great hallway right in the entrance - doesn't it look like a scene from HP?

Very close to the Great Hall! :D

The stairs actually moved. Crazy, huh?
(The above comment is a lie.)

The main courtyard at night.

On our way back to the centre of the city, we got sent to the Deans (Deanery) Office.

This picture is just so odd because I look like a ghost! Must be that Harry Potter magic....