Dr. Sutherland, We love your Oxford

Oxford.

Words and pictures really cannot describe how beautiful it is. Our professor Dr. Sutherland received his undergrad and doctorate from there, so it was really great to have him show us all around the university and part of the town.

Oxford as a school has been around since somewhere around 1100 and all of the stone buildings are stunning. They’re all this pretty sand-colored stone… It’s so hard to believe that all of this was around hundreds of years before Columbus ever sailed across the Atlantic!

From the top of the theatre we could overlook all of the campus. The University of Oxford is divided in to different college. Dr. Sutherland attended New College… it’s new because it was built in 1379 haha. It was amazing!

The dining hall looked like it came straight out of Harry Potter! (This trip just might make me a fan!)

New College’s chapel was breathtaking. At the end of the aisle there are 48 life-size statues on the wall… All of the prophets, the disciples, Jesus, God, angels… It’s incredible! Every building has big stained glass windows.

Each college also has its own garden! They are HUGE! Hills, benches, flowers, trees, stone pathways... Everything a garden should be all protected by huge walls so that only the members of each college can use each garden.

Our train to Oxford left out of Paddington Station! They even have a Paddington Bear Statue!