Finally made it to Oxford on my last weekend in England, after a coach ride that included clipping the mirror of a parked car. But the driver let me on for student concession and saved me $6, so we will not speak a word against the driver! I really love Oxford, just wandering around and popping into museums here and there. The Bodelian Library Museum had a fascinating exhibit on Dante, Bocaccio, and Petrarch, with scads of 13th century illuminated books present too. I kept trying to imagine myself going to school at Oxford, because after U of C it was probably the PhD program in which I was most interested. Blackwell's book, music and art shops alone would make Oxford a destination!
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