Oxford

On the 17^th of October 2013, the last day of our journey to Great Britain, we visited Oxford.

In the morning we got in our bus, which drove us to Oxford, between 8:15 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. From the parking area we went to one of the 38 colleges of the University of Oxford, the Christ Church College. The University of Oxford is one of the oldest and most famous universities in the world.

After we had waited for a few minutes, we split up our group into two groups, because one third of the pupils wanted to visit the Christ Church College, and the others wanted to see the city. The city guide went with the pupils into the college which has been part of the movie set of ‘Harry Potter’.

Mrs. Rother and Mr. Kreuzer, along with two more city guides, led the other pupils through the city.

In the college we visited the dining-hall, which had been a part of the movie set, just like the cathedral and the cloister. Then we looked at the library, the hostel of the students, the first and oldest college, the University College, as well as the St. Mary the Virgin, the Radcliffe Camera and the Bodleian Library.

Afterwards we went to our meeting point, where we met the other group again. Then we had free time for five hours. We could further explore the city and have a snack. Most of us went shopping and just relaxed. There were three differentl places where we could go shopping: the ‘Ship Street’, the ‘Cornmarket Street’ and the ‘Westgate Shopping Centre’.

At the end of the day everybody was tired and we all were happy to drive home to Abingdon.

Luca S. 8b
19.11.2013