A courtyard that we pass on our way to class

Picture of a tower from the "students garden"

Another tower from the "students garden"

The Hall in Harry Potter

Today was our first day of school. We had an orientation meeting at 3:00. Tomorrow will be our first day of actual classes. Bryan, Dan, and I went out this morning to get bikes so that we would have some form of transportation. We rode into town to Christ's Church (this is where we are attending school) for the orientation meeting. Our class consists 3 germans, 2 italians, 2 Russians, 2 Canadians, and a handful of Americans.

When the orientation meeting ended, we went on a tour of the grounds at Christ's Church. Some interesting things about Christ's Church are that, Lewis Carrol based his stories on the grounds and goings on at Christ's Church. Alice was the daughter of the Dean of Christ's Church, and the grounds and people there were the genesis of many of his ideas for his writings. Another interesting thing is the the dining hall is the basis for the Hall of Hogworth's in Harry Potter. The film crew came and looked at the hall, but because it was a little too small, they decided to make a replica of the dining hall that was a little bigger. 25 of Britain's prime ministers were educated in Oxford. Of those 25, 13 were educated at Christ's Church.

It's really quite amazing here.