Sunday Brunch

Last Sunday (which seems like an eon ago), we went to brunch at Christ Church college. The head of the graduate students' society at St. Catherines was nice enough to suggest it and take us on a bit of a walking tour. Christ Church is where Harry Potter was filmed, and we got to eat in the dining hall with all of these ridiculously old pictures, including one of Henry VIII. This is another one of these cool things that non-Oxford card holders wouldn't get to see. There was a lot of good food too - bacon, sausage, eggs... full English breakfast. I also had scones and clotted cream. I think that's why I look kinda large in the picture.

Christ Church also has a cathedral, which is why Oxford is considered a city, as oppossed to a town according to British rules. Then we met someone from Exeter College, and we got to see the Fellow's Garden there, which is really nice (but probably nicer when the flowers start blooming). J.R.R. Tolkien went to Exeter, and apparently spent a lot of time in the garden.

Also, it has this ledge which overlooks the Radcliffe Camera and All Soul's College (the spires in the back). All Soul's is the most prestigious college - it only admits Fellows, and not undergrads.