"parlez-vous français?"

today was our adventure into oxford. it was about an hour and a half's drive from london, but the bus we rode there was insanely comfortable. it was another double decker but with the top completely covered. the seats reclined and there was wi-fi available on the bus lol.

the drive through the country side was pretty darn beautiful too. lots of sheep and cows of course.

when we got to oxford, we hopped on the tour bus and rode it to Christ Church - where they filmed various scenes from Harry Potter (specifically all the Great Hall scenes - in the dinning hall; dono if they had some of the outdoor corridor/courtyard scenes filmed here too or not. the whole church/surrounding area was beautiful. ill be posting a bunch of pictures of all the stained glass etc on fb when i get home.

(the dinning hall:))

after leaving Christ Church, we hopped back on the tour bus back to the station where we grabbed a bite to eat at the giraffe:) - great place; serves all kinndds of stuff. then came the ride back into london.

while grandad figured out how to print our boarding passes as well as work out the seating arrangements and transport to the airport tomorrow, nana and i went out on a last-opportunity picture spree, nailing all the things we hadnt gotten a pic of that was an absolute must. we got the.. :

guard (he was super nice, joking w/me and bein sympathetic to all the picture taking lol. i was kinda surprised.)

telephone booth (which reeked of urine, and i swear SOMEthing peed in the corner.)

the super narrow halls of the hotel

and our "executive suite"

newest experience for the day - on our way back from taking a picture with a guard, ya know you pass all kinds of ppl on the street. well theres a cute black guy walkin toward me and all, and well he walks past and smiles and says hey. so i recipriocate it obviously and he stopped SO fast lol. and he quickly says: "parlez-vous francais?!" all expectantly and i grinned and was just like noooo! sorryyy...!! haha. so he walks off lookin back and all. i was like dang do i look french to you or something?! lol helloooo! AMERICAN accenttt!! hhahaha. but yeah. it was cool. lol

tomorrow's the flight back home so i only have one more entry to go. keep up the prayers - im not home yet! lol