Friday morning walking around Oxford

Last day in Oxford, I felt rather sleepy and drained from the constant meetings and pubbings of the last 3-4 days. But the there places to be seen and nice weather to be have, so fresh out of bed at 8 am I went out.

The Rhodes Building of Oriel College (1911) which is on the busy, shops-lined High street. It wasn't open for public, which is kind of nice for me. I feel that I'd failed my greed everytime there is an open building that I dont have time to go to, which is PUH-LENTY.

 Inside of the Oxford covered market. Here stands a couple of flower stores that fresh and beautiful along with a store of organic meat. I would like to move here, please. I can imaging walking to the market after work everyday, picking up some local food and a bouquet of flowers to freshen things up... Yup I can imagine it. But just imagine only.

Christ Church College. I was eager to go. supposedly have beautiful landscape and buildings, but most importantly its hall was the inspiration for the dining hall in Harry Potter movies.

Of course, just my luck because they happen to CLOSE the dinning hall for the day. Boohoohoo! So we'll just have to plan that in for next year trip.

Below are pictures of the Christ Church college chapel. It's the biggest of the colleges chapels I've been to in Oxford. But that doesn't say much, because I"ve only been in 3.

The magnificent stained glass windows.

I'm still fascinated with the detailedly carved marble. See a lot of skulls in these memorial, which is different, I guess.

 Soaking up the sun.

The campus ground where visitors are forbidden from walking on. Of course my colleague had to test the rule and get us both called out on the spot. Grrr.

The ceiling of the staircase going up to the dining hall, for which I walked all the way, and which is closed just for that day.

Back out on the street. This is yet another building that is beautiful enough for picture, but not beautiful enough for me to dig up its info.

Failed to get information on this one also. But if anyone know what this structure is name. I'd love to hear from you. It's so obvious to me I wouldn't to make it as a travel writer.

 We also went to Ashmolean Museum of Arts and Archeology. I find these house models very neat as they gave me a tiny window into the lives of people 5000 years ago. Although, I think there are tribes of Vietnamese people in the mountain that are STILL living in houses that look a lot like that. hmmm

Here hung a few gigungatic painting. Other than their sheer size and that fact that they're in a museum, I have to admit, they dont do a WHOLE lot for me.

EXCEPT for this one: have you seen a painting of a dog chilling out in a museum before? Well at least that's what the note on the side said: The dog is chilling out. Without the note he could almost pass as being dead. Maybe that just me, but my dogs have never stick their tongues that way when they lay like that. The tongues usually fall to the floor. Nevermind that, I'm just thrilled to see an image of a dog all by himself in the painting the way he deserve.

And this. see the metallic element on the desk? Think it's painted on? Not so. that's cut out piece of brass inlay into the wood. Holy cow. I'm just in to brass a lot lately. Kinda wish this desk were sitting in my home office. hehehe. It does not hurt to dream.

That's it for the morning of Friday. I'm running SOOOO behind in my blogging. Tim and I went on the London eye ride last night. the view is amazing. But more on that on its own blog entry. Have a great weekend :)