Oxford Weekend

Last week Ben and I headed up to Oxford for the Weekend. The main reason for the trip was to tour the MBA program there, and we decided to make a nice little weekend out of it. Oxford is stunningly beautiful. The buildings, grounds, gardens, and river walks are all breathtaking. The history is entirely fascinating and the culture is awe-inspiring. 

 We walked around several of the museums in Oxford, the building pictured above is the Natural History Museum, which was half under construction so sadly all the dinosaur exhibits were closed. The Science Museum was small but had an impressive collection of the first telescopes and microscopes, as well as an exhibit of the equipment used to make the first penicillin. The Science Museum also had a chalkboard that Albert Einstein has used while giving a lecture on general relativity at Oxford.

We also saw several of the amazing building that comprise the colleges of Oxford. Pictured above here is the tower of Christ Church College. Most recently famous for being used in the Harry Potter films :)

This is a monument of the Oxford Martyrs.  These Anglican Bishops were burned at the stake due to their teaching and religious beliefs in the sixteenth century. One of the bishops was in fact the Archbishop of Canterbury. 

One interesting thing that we learned is that students are not allowed to bring a car with them to Oxford. So there are bikes absolutely everywhere. Here we saw a handful of bikes chained to a fence of a 16th century cemetery.