Breakfast at "The Breakfast Club"
Views of the Oxford skyline from the Westgate Roof Terrace
The grounds of Trinity College
The Sanctuary of Trinity College Chapel
Looking to the organ from the Sanctuary
The ceiling of the Chapel
The Organ
The Divinity School
The interior of the Divinity School in which students in medieval times took their exams. These were in the form of an interview which could last as long as three days!
The Radliffe Camera is one of the most iconic buildings in Oxford.
The Bodleian Library
Two gargoyles of the Bodleian Library
The Bridge of Sighs (modelled after the one in Venice)
Detail of the above
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin is the centre from which the University of Oxford grew and its parish consists almost exclusively of university and college buildings.
There was a piano recital happening when we visited so movement around the building was a little restricted.
This is a section of the window above which depicts St Luke with his symbol of an ox (representing sacrifice, service and strength)
St John with his symbol, an eagle
St Mark, with his symbol - a lion
St Matthew, with his symbol - an angel
The Quire and the Sanctuary
The Sanctuary
The entry to All Souls' College (There are 39 colleges in the University)
Looking through the gates of All Souls' College
This poster was in a public toilet!
After
the tour, we started our two-hour drive to London. This was
quite slow and tedious towards the end but we arrived safely
at our accommodation "Chelsea Guest House" which is located
in Clapham. After settling in, we caught a bus and a train
into London because we had tickets for "Les Miserables". We
were surprised to see that Jean Valjean was played by Josh
Piterman. He is Australian and we saw him as the Phantom in
"The Phantom of the Opera" both in Sydney and Melbourne.
This production was excellent. It is not always easy to hear
the words clearly in these musicals but every word was
audible here. The singing, the sets, the costumes and the
special effects were all wonderful. We both thoroughly
enjoyed the production.
When we got into London, near Charing Cross, we came across a Lego shop. It had some great Lego models including this one of Elizabeth Tower.
Satoshi with the goblin in Gringott's Bank (Harry Potter)
A chat with the Bard.
The Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus, officially and popularly known as Eros. It is surmounted by a winged statue of Anteros.
The interior of the Sondheim Theatre is very grand.
