(Sorry this is so late and so short. Ireland blog will be up in the next few days.)
Oxford is amazing :)
After a longer than expected delay, here is the final day of our weekend trip!
If I thought it was hard to wake up on day 2, day 3 was about a thousand times worse. We were super slow all morning. Luckily, I had packed almost everything the night before, so after breakfast we grabbed our stuff and headed for the bus.
We were heading to the village of Lacock to see the Abbey and places filmed in Harry Potter. It was cold that morning, and after sleeping on the warm bus (of course), it felt even colder. We headed immediately into the village and got to go inside a barn that hasn't been changed in over 600 years. The only additions made were a few lights put in so people could see. Next, we saw the house used in the first Harry Potter movie as Lily and James' house.
There were other houses there also, and I'm sure the people who live in the town get pretty fed up with tourists taking photos. I'm also pretty sure the people who live in the next house we saw probably want to move.
This is the Muggle house Horace Slughorn lived in for the Half-Blood Prince. There was a car parked right beside it, so I assume people live there. It would be so annoying to have tourists constantly at your gate getting pictures of your house. It is a beautiful little town, though, so I guess that makes up for all the people.
Next, we went to see Lacock Abbey where more Harry Potter scenes were filmed. It was a beautiful place, and Sam and I decided to walk further than everyone else to see where the road around the Abbey would lead. I'm glad we did, because we got a beautiful view of the English countryside. There was a small church I really wanted to go see, but we would have had to walk on a busy road, and we didn't have enough time.
After Lacock, we headed to Oxford. The first thing you notice about the town is the architecture. Every building is absolutely gorgeous. There are 39 colleges at Oxford, and each has its own buildings. I don't think there was a mediocre one there. Walking around, we got to see the library where some Harry Potter scenes were filmed, and we were taken around different areas of the city. Once the tour was over, we got to go on our own to look around.
We ate lunch at Cornwall's, and I had my first pasty since I've been here :) It was awesome! When we were done, we headed to New College where a specific Harry Potter scene was filmed. We had to walk around a while because we couldn't find it. I'm glad, though, because the campus was beautiful. ISU has a nice quad I would say, but this is the Platinum level of a quad. From the landscaping to the gates, everything was spectacular.
Eventually, we found the area where the Harry Potter scene was filmed. You can watch the scene here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lEb9ZPpJbg&feature=player_embedded .
After taking enough pictures to prove we were there (like the one above), we did a little souvenir shopping, and headed back to the bus.
The trip as a whole was great. I enjoyed almost every minute of it, and I would definitely recommend it as a great tour for someone who has never been to England before. I really had a great time!
~Taylor
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