
The Christ church gate |
I went on the day trip to Oxford, which is quite a famous city as the University
as well as Cambridge. It took about 4 hours from Norwich. It was too long
to go by minibus. When I arrived in Oxford, I felt as if I had just got
off a plane. Anyway I arrived in Oxford. |
| Firstly I visited the Christ Church College, which was the largest college
in Oxford. One of the most famous physicists, who you must know, Albert
Einstein is a former student in this college. It had a beautiful courtyard.
Einstein might have been walking around here, and the idea for the new
theory might have crossed his mind. |

Courtyard |

Library |
There were a lot of things to see there. I especially liked the library,
which looked nice. I got over the fence, and peeped into the library. Some
students were studying at that time. It was a really good atmosphere. |
Of course, I also visited the Cathedral, whose stained glass windows were
beautiful.
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Cathedral |

student A |
Secondly I went toward Merton College. On the way there, I saw a student,
who might not have been a student, sitting in the courtyard of one of the
colleges. The sight seemed really representative of campus life, so I could
not resist taking hi picture. |
| I also see a cherry blossom, which was at its best, in city center. At that time, I wondered about it in Japan. |

Cherry blossom |

Merton College |
After approximately 15 minutes walk, I arrive at Merton College, which
is the oldest college in England. |
| When I went into the Church, an organist was just doing practice on the
pipe organ. The sounds were really impressive for me who had never heard
the sounds before. It was really nice. |

Pipe organ |

Emperors |
After that we still had spare time so that I visited a bookshop which had the Guinness record that they sold the largest number of books in a day. Though it was huge, there is nothing special except the Guinness record. However I found the statues of ancient roman emperors just in front of the shop. I do not know the reason, but these looked funny for me. |
| On the whole I enjoyed the trip. Oxford city had an academic and sophisticated atmosphere. During the trip, I could not stop wondering about me studying there. |