Saturday 27 February - We rented a car again this weekend and drove to Oxford where we spent a very nice day, despite a few heavy rain showers, exploring the sights and shops of Oxford. It was nice to be in a flat city where bicycling is encouraged and are cars are not. We re-visited the Natural History Museum which is always fun to visit and visited the recently re-opened Pitt Rivers Museum which is jam packed with art and oddities from all over the world. We had lunch at a nice little cafe then took a tour of the Bodeliean library. An amazing building and library, beautiful architecturally, and seething with the charming traditions of an old university. Two of the rooms we visited were featured in the Harry Potter movie series. I was quite enchanted with the old books and floor to ceiling shelves, and was missing the comfort and charm of the Vassar library. I may have been missing the student life until later that night when I had stress dreams about writing and essay and having it in on time.
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