The winter break is officially underway. To shake ourselves free of our Oxford routine and celebrate the holiday, me and my classmates Loretta and Cameron put to use some discounted bus fares we'd received and headed to London for the day!
We did a walk around of the classic sights- Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the Parliament, and from the embankment of the Thames we could see the London Eye, St. George's, and other familiar features of the London cityscape...
...before we went on to Trafalgar Square and caught a few Monet's in the the National Gallery...
...and saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace and strolled along St. James Park.
We wrapped up the day by visiting the British Museum to see an exhibit featuring ancient biblical manuscripts we have been learning about in class, getting Lebanese food for dinner, window shopping down Oxford Street and Piccadilly, and wandering through an enormous Christmas carnival in Hyde Park. It was such a fun day out- we all enjoyed it enormously. We had a great time just being together, enthusing over Christmas trees and holiday decorations, and enjoying treats. To close the long, full day, we got some cozy drinks, talked about our highlights from the day and our hopes for the holiday break... and caught our bus back to Oxford.
