Cheers!

So since I last wrote I have gone to London for a day trip last weekend!  It was awesome!  We got to see Wicked, ride a double-decker bus, tour the Big Ben, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, and got to see the crown jewels in the Tower of London.  We had so much fun!  Here are some pictures:

I also got to go on more tours around Oxford for class.  

Funny Story:  I had an assignment to go on a walk along the Thames River in Oxford and to visit little villages along the way for class.  So my friend, Suzanne and I went on the walk and toured the churches and sites that had to be seen.  It was in the beautiful English countryside.  After the walk our directions told us to take a bus back to Woodstock Road.  So we find a bus stop and get on the bus that says: Woodstock.  We ask the bus driver just to make sure, "Are you headed towards Woodstock?"  She says, "No, but I can take you to the stop that a bus is going in that direction."  So we got on.  She drops us off to wait for a second bus and after a half and hour or so the bus comes.  We get on and are absolutely exhausted at this point!  As we watch all the streets we pass, we get a weird feeling about the direction we were going in.  We get off the bus and find out that we were actually in the town of Woodstock instead of Woodstock Road.  We were soooo mad!  (lesson no. 2: Clarify where you want to go when entering a bus, even if it seems like a stupid question) 

Later in the week we went to Christ Church where they filmed some scenes for Harry Potter.  I took a picture of the dining hall which is the "Hogwarts dining hall"  in the movie:

Next stop... Dublin, Ireland.  Can't wait!