Colleges galore

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Today Jen, Holly (her house mate) and I caught the bus to Oxford. Oxford is the other famous university in England. The first colleges were built in the 13th century. The town is full of colleges- beautiful old buildings. There are 39 colleges and 17,000 students. The first thing we did was go to St Marys church and climbed to the top of the 14th century tower. From here we could see the Radcliffe Camera and many of the colleges. The Radcliffe Camera is a circular library built in 1748. We then went on a walking tour of the town and saw courtyards of some of the many colleges.

After our tour we had lunch and walked around the town again. We also saw another replica of Venice's Bridge of Sighs- this one wasn't even above water! Today was a great day considering it was the middle of winter- sunny and not cold at all!

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Photos

01 From the tower
View of a college from the top of the church tower.

02 Rooftops
Buildings in the main street.

03 Main street
Oxford main street.

04 College
Another college.

05 Radcliffe Camera
The circular library.

06 Camera and college
The camera and colleges.

07 Tower
The church tower we climbed.

08 Another view
Another view of the camera and a college.

09 College
Looking into the entrance of another prestigious college.

10 Bodleian Library
The courtyard of the library which is one of the oldest libraries in the world.

11 Bridge of sighs
The replica bridge.

12 Backstreet
A quiet backstreet.

13 Old building
An old building.

14 Merton College
One of the 3 original colleges from 1264.

15 Christ Church cathedral
Part of Oxford's largest college, Christ Church.

16 Entrance
Entrance to Christ Church College.

17 Christ Church College
The college building.

18 Christ Church College
The college grounds.

19 Merton Field
Merton Field with the college in the background.

20 Main street
Oxford main street.

21 Camera
The Radcliffe Camera with the tower in the background.