A Visit to Colin's Future College

This past Monday was a Bank Holiday in England so we took advantage of the long weekend for David by taking a day trip to Oxford on Saturday.  Oxford is a short train ride from London and home to the University of Oxford.  We started our day by taking a double-decker sightseeing tour of the city, which gave us some background of the University.  The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English speaking world with evidence of teaching dating back to 1096.  The University consists of 36 self-governing colleges.  The Rhodes Scholarship is an international post graduate award allowing foreign recipients to study at the University of Oxford and is widely known as the world's most prestigious scholarship.  Former President Bill Clinton was a notable Rhodes Scholar, and we saw a few references to his days at Oxford around town (see picture below).

After our bus tour, we checked out Christ Church College.  Christ Church College is one of the largest colleges of the University of Oxford and appears to be most well known at this point as being the setting of various scenes in the Harry Potter movie series (i.e. use of its dining hall).  We walked past a few more sights (Bridge of Sighs, Radcliffe Camera) and made our way to a tourist attraction that couldn't be missed, the track where the first sub-four minute mile was run.  This was on David's must-see list.  I don't think it was on any one else's as we were the only people at this track (other than people who were there to work out). 

We were rained out most of the afternoon so spent the majority of the time enjoying some Pimm's and beers at a local pub while Colin napped.  Here are a few pictures from the day:

David in front of Christ Church college

For the Harry Potter fans (Christ Church dining hall)

An exciting attraction

Colin trying to run a sub-four minute mile

Some Bill Clinton history at the pub where we stopped for drinks