Sorry it has been so long!! I've been pretty tied up with stuff and haven't had time to write. I haven't really done anything too terribly interesting the past 10 days so here are what pictures I have... Lindsay's friend Sasha came to visit so we took her all around London and Oxford!!
Earlier this week we went to the Ashmolean and looked around. They have an incredible collection of Greek artifacts that I loved looking through and reading about! Above is a statue of Athena... Patron god of Athens and goddess of wisdom and battle strategy!
Even though they used the wrong picture, Katie, Rachel, and I were really excited we were on the staff page!! It's weird to think that our picture is in the same place as all of our favorite counselors from when we were campers!
It was an extra special week because not only did my Camp Longhorn annual arrive at home... My early bird finally arrived! I'm super stoked for spending summer #12 among the hills and dales.
We made the trek over to Abbey Road just to take this picture. We couldn't help but laugh at the people trying to reenact the Beatles cover photo while cars were flying down this busy street. No worries! Nobody was injured!!
We finally made it to Kings Cross Station to see Platform 9 3/4!! We were very happy that we brought our own scarfs because they highly encourage you to wear one of their communal ones if you don't have one of your own. That aside, it was a really fun little detour because we finally got to see one of the most iconic sights in children's literature!!
We also finally toured Christ Church in Oxford. It was absolutely gorgeous!!!
The church was actually a filming location AND a set inspiration sight for the Harry Potter movies!!
The hall in Christ Church provided the set designers with inspiration for the Hogwarts Great Hall!! They had the long tables and the main table in the front of the hall. It was very pretty, but very very crowded.
The staircase pictures is the one where Professor McGonnagall welcomes the new Hogwarts students at the beginning of Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone. Apparently they had to beg for permission from the head of the church to film there. They also had to pay an insane amount of money!!
We also got to tour their Cathedral. It reminded us a lot of Salisbury Cathedral that we toured last month. They both had a lot of tombs, but Salisbury Cathedral is about 5x the size of the Christ Church Cathedral. We loved looking at all of their beautiful stained glass windows and I listened to one of the volunteers explain the story behind one of them. It was fascinating!!
After all of our walking around, we ate lunch and then got tea. I ordered a baked potato and they put so much cheese on it you couldn't even taste the potato!! As for the tea... I think I'm hooked!! It was delicious and very relaxing!
Tonight, Sophie (my new Australian friend) and I went to see Love, Rosie which is a British rom-com. It was fabulous and did a great job of staying true to the book.
Next week Lindsay and I are heading off the Zürich and Lucerne Switzerland and couldn't be more pumped!! Until then, friends!!
xoxo
SG
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