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2009-03-06

[Nice - London - Paris] Part 11: Oxford City

Our breakfast: Scone, croissant and hot chocolate with whipped cream:

breakfast

At Paddington Station, we took train to Oxford City:

train

In Oxford City, we started from Hythe Bridge Street and this is Institute for Chinese Studies:

Institute for Chinese studies_01

"Dominvs Illvminatio Mea" means "God is my light,the lord is my light".

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This one was found at Department of Physics.

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Delicate flowers in Oxford:

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I wonder what the two "S" shaped metal things are for.

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Very typical English architecture:

architecture_02

Oxford University Press:

Oxford Univ Press

Walking in the street:

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Church Warden of St-Giles:

Church warden of st-giles

Another side of the church:

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The Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga:

the oratory_01

the oratory_02

Keble College, in my favorite Neo-Gothic style, and the beautiful red bricks:

Keble college_01

Some details:

Keble college_02

Keble college_03

As scientists, we would like to pay a visit to the science section of Oxford University, although none of them are in the top sightseeing list.

The department of physics:

physics

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New Biochemistry:

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New biochemistry_02

School of Chemistry:

school of chemistry

Chemical research lab:

chemistry research lab

University Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum:

University museum

I forgot the name of this building:

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St. John's College:

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St john's college_02

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St john's college_04

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It seems that we spent several hours in St. John's College:

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St. Mary:

St mary

Balliol College :

balliol college

Architecture:

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Saxon tower of St Michael at the Northgate:

St Michael

Sculpture of St Michael at the Northgate:

St Michael_02

A very interesting house located in Ship Street:

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Carfax:

carfax_01

carfax

Oxford Museum:

museum of oxford

Oxford post office:

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post office_02

Christ Church College:

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Radcliffe Camera:

radcliffe camera

St. Mary the Virgin:

St mary the virgin

Service in the church starts at six:

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How long haven't I used a pen?

pen

Magdalen College:

magdalen college

Very interesting sign -- we call it "yield" here, don't we? And Londeners use "way out" instead of "exit":

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Sheldonian Theater:

Sheldonian Theatre

Another theater:

theatre

The heaviest snow in eighteen years:

snow_01

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