Day
5. Trip outside the city to the Cotswolds. Went to Oxford (saw the
obligatory Harry Potter dining hall). Learned Lewis Carroll was inspired
to write Alice in Wonderland here. Stopped for lunch in a small town
and discovered they were filming a JK
Rowling movie (apparently she had hoped to write something anonymously
and see if it would be a success without her name attached, but the
press found out) Saw little churches built in the 1300s. Then off to Blenheim
Palace which has a long history, including the birthplace of Churchill.
I've never encountered something like this...the size of it was beyond
what I could imagine. And the furnishings and tapestries...jaw-dropping.
A duke and his family still live here (in fact they own the entire
village). I asked and was told the Downton Abbey house is a fraction of
this place.
Oxford University
The Harry Potter dining hall...much smaller in person. It was set up for dinner for non-magical students
Could live on this...
Darling houses all over the Cotswolds
Gates at Bleiheim Palace
One side of Bleinheim
So much beauty in one room
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