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eXploring OxforD... Christ Church College

Today we did a day trip out to Oxford, a 1h+ train ride away and we finally visited Christ Church College, where the first 2 Harry Potter movies were filmed! Remember the huge dining hall where the students always sit in long rows of tables? Yup, that was filmed in Christ Church Hall in Oxford. I'm not a Harry Potter fan but still, I thought it'd be nice to visit the grand hall. Hmm we wonder if they also filmed the scene where the played Quidditch on the college grounds?

We set off from Paddington train station, being here two saturdays in a row if you remember hehe. Weather was cloudy today.
Had lunch at this Top Table recommended authentic english restaurant called The Oxford Retreat when we reached. Ordered a cajun chicken burger which was nice (restricted myself from finishing everything esp the fries heehee) and then we started walking to find the college. This is another academic city, just like Cambridge altho I feel Oxford's bigger. It was so so crowded, full of students and tourists.




Besides being made famous by Harry Potter, apparently the Christ Church Hall was used in the filming of Alice in Wonderland.. err but ok, totally no idea about that. The cathedral inside the college was really nice as well.. finally we managed to throng thru the crowd and reached the Hall. *excited* It was undeniably grand, with huge portraits of some famous people who studied there before high up on the walls and the long rows of tables were set. Just like in the movie. Everyone was just clicking pictures away non stop. One thing I thought was that the hall's smaller than what I had imagined it to be coz it looked seriously huge and grand in the movie.


Love the words here.  Praise ye the Lord
Well manicured lawn
In the grand hall

In the church

What next after walking through the college grounds? Naturally... english tea! We realise this is our standard itinerary when we visit english cities/ towns- have lunch, walk a bit, end up in some tea room, walk around a lil more, and then... head back to train station take train back to London. Exactly what we did today. heehee short one today but Bel's happy :))

Tea time

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