we walked everywhere / we discovered places

As promised, I'm writing more about Oxford. See, I do what I say I'll do sometimes!
The trip was a lot of fun. We left from London Paddington, the station closest to our flats, and were able to get a group ticket for half price since there were four of us. So it started out a good day!
We hadn't done much planning for when we got to Oxford, so when we got off the train we weren't sure where to go or what to do. So we found the High Street, like Main Street in most English towns, and walked around for a while. Well Oxford is not a very big town, so we walked from one end to the other in about twenty minutes. Finally we went into a sort of science museum, where we found a map and some directions to the Turf Tavern. We went there for lunch, and found out that's the place a lot of big names frequented when they attended Oxford University. After lunch we walked around the Oxford campus, which was beautiful and looked like castles. The college is really old, and you can tell from the buildings that it's full of tradition.
We also went to Christ Church, WHERE THEY FILMED HARRY POTTER. Ok, so I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, as much as I hate to admit it. Christ Church's great hall is The Great Hall in Harry Potter, so I was pretty excited to actually see it in person. By excited I mean I laughed so hard I couldn't breathe. For at least ten minutes. Walking in was sort of overwhelming. Now it is sort of embarrassing.
Anyway, I really liked Oxford. The town has a really nice, young, laid-back atmosphere that I haven't found in any other town. There was definitely a majority of students there, of course, since there are a few colleges there, including Oxford University, one of the most prestigious schools in England.

Today I really didn't do much. We tried to go to the National Gallery, but there were so many people there it was hard to concentrate on the paintings. I did see Da Vinci's "Madonna on the Rocks" and some works by Raphael, so at least I got something out of our 20-minute tube ride.
That's about it.
Cheers!