Last Day in Oxford

The New Building at Magdalen, this is where C.S. Lewis stayed

People punting on the River Cherwell, Magdalen College

The Addison Walk, Magdalen College

Here is another good one

I like this one

One of the carvings in the Magdalen College Chapel

The Magdalen College Chapel

This is the wall often called the Humpty Dumpty wall that appears in Lewis Carroll's writings

The front gate

One of the carvings at Merton

Merton College

One of the study stalls

Some of the Merton collection

The library at Merton College

The Dining Hall at Merton College

Golden Cross area in Oxford

Greetings,

We spent our last day in Oxford. Tomorrow we head for London.

We headed out and walked about Oxford most of the day. We visited some book shops and other stores. We went to Blackwells and the Oxford University Press bookstores.

Then we visited a cemetery where two of the Inklings (a Oxford literary group with its two most famous members being J.R.R. Tolkein and C.S. Lewis).

Then we visited both Magdalen and Merton colleges. At Magdalen we visited the chapel and Cloister and got something to drink while we watched people punting on the River Cherwell. Then we walked Addison's walk and saw deer and a poen written by C.S. Lewis, who taught at the college for many years.

We took a guided history tour of Merton College, where Tolkien taught for about 30 years. They claim that this is the oldest college at Oxford and it was founded in 1264. We visited the grounds and the chapel. The highlight of the tour was the visit to the library.

Then we had a late lunch at the Pizza Express which is located in Golden Cross. This area was retored recently. It was a place where coaches stopped and people lodged. One famous visitor was Alexander Pope in 1735. The Pizza Express is housed in an Elizabethan period building. You can still see the walls and beams dating from that period.

After lunch we visited a few more shops and decided to head back to the Guest House.

John Wineland
Oxford, England