This Sunday there were nine of us as a caravan from the Southampton area commuting to Oxford. It was quite the adventure as Tom and I were in the back following with our 4-cylinder Toyota Yaris a Honda CRV and a Volkswagon if I remember correctly. So we were a bit nervous that we would lose our way. Yet, we made it to Oxford in one piece and proceeded to take in all the beautiful architecture awaiting us.
This is Broad street with Magdalen street to the right, or Oxford city center. Apparently there are always this many bicycles here due to the University's presence.
More architecture from the University area of Oxford.
I tired to find out the name of these buildings, but alas it remains a mystery to me. Oh well!
This building on the campus is the Radcliffe Camera, which houses the Bodleian Library. I read somewhere that J.R.R. Tolkein used this as his inspiration for one of Sauron's temple's, for all you Lord of the Rings fans.
After several wrong turns to Warwick castle, we finally made it. Here's the view coming from the nearby car park.
This is Queen Anne's bedroom, circa 1690 within Warwick castle. Seeing the bed in person loses it's magnificence as it's really only the size of a full bed, maybe slightly bigger, but not by much. Warwick castle was actually bought by Tussaud's (of Madam Tussaud's). Tussaud's was then bought by Merlin Entertainment, a large amusement park-like entity.
This is called the mound. You can walk to the top, and view the valley on the other side, and the Avon river. There is also a fully functional trebuchet that patrons can fire under professional supervision. Just like Leed's Castle, there is a full restaurant where we plopped down for lunch.
Here is the view of Warwick castle from the top of the mound. To the left, just out of view they have a video presentation of the myth associated with Warwick castle.
This is Broad street with Magdalen street to the right, or Oxford city center. Apparently there are always this many bicycles here due to the University's presence.
More architecture from the University area of Oxford.
I tired to find out the name of these buildings, but alas it remains a mystery to me. Oh well!
This building on the campus is the Radcliffe Camera, which houses the Bodleian Library. I read somewhere that J.R.R. Tolkein used this as his inspiration for one of Sauron's temple's, for all you Lord of the Rings fans.
After several wrong turns to Warwick castle, we finally made it. Here's the view coming from the nearby car park.
This is Queen Anne's bedroom, circa 1690 within Warwick castle. Seeing the bed in person loses it's magnificence as it's really only the size of a full bed, maybe slightly bigger, but not by much. Warwick castle was actually bought by Tussaud's (of Madam Tussaud's). Tussaud's was then bought by Merlin Entertainment, a large amusement park-like entity.
This is called the mound. You can walk to the top, and view the valley on the other side, and the Avon river. There is also a fully functional trebuchet that patrons can fire under professional supervision. Just like Leed's Castle, there is a full restaurant where we plopped down for lunch.
Here is the view of Warwick castle from the top of the mound. To the left, just out of view they have a video presentation of the myth associated with Warwick castle.
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