Today I finally had the chance to wander around Oxford and take pictures. Here are just a few of the ones that I think you might find interesting. The first few are from Oxford while the rest are from Hampton Court Palace, where many prominent people in Britain's history have resided in the past 500 years.

This is "The Vines", which is about 120 years old and currently houses about 45 Scholars Semester in Oxford students, including myself, from many different Christian Colleges all over America.



This is Wycliffe Hall, my college. Oxford has around 32 different colleges and together they make up Oxford University. Wycliffe hall has a great theology Library so I will probably spend a lot of time here over the next few months doing research for my papers.

I believe this is St. Giles' church. It is interesting to see this church and its graveyard right in the middle of the city center in one of the busiest areas of Oxford. There are tall buildings and shops all around the church and the fence around the graveyard has become a popular place for people to lock their bikes up.

This is Christ Church College. It is a spectacular building inside and out and the dining hall is said to be the inspiration for the dining hall in the Harry Potter series.

This is Hampton Court Palace which is in London, about one hour from Oxford. This is just a small section of the palace which I spent about five hours exploring without seeing the same room twice. Many of England's royalty, nobility and Statesmen have lives in the palace in its history, most notably Henry VIII, who is famous for having 6 different wives in his lifetime and starting his own church apart from the Catholic Church in order to divorce the 5th one.

An eastern view of the palace from the Fountain Gardens.

A view of the now empty moat and the first of two gates one must go through to enter the main courtyards of the palace.