An Education in OXFORD (more or less!)

DAY TRIP ONE: OXFORD!! We didn't get a tour of the University, but Kimberly and I did experience what we like to term the "human zoo" of the central shopping market (the crowds of people were at times overwhelming) and the contrasting serenity of the Church commons.  We also had a bit of "an education" ** (See Below!!) regarding outlandish fascinators in a quaint charity shop :)  More photos and mobile video of the day will be added in the coming weeks, once they are sorted!

Until then...

Day 8 (Saturday, July 23): Christ's Church, Oxford Charity Shop, and Pembroke Street


ME in front of CHRIST CHURCH and its war memorial garden.



ME in an OXFORD charity shop trying on an gray bow headband/fascinator!



KIMBERLY DeROSA and ME in an OXFORD charity shop posing for a photo with our outlandish bow headbands/fascinators.  We died laughing while shooting this photo with Kimberly's digital camera :)

ME in front of the PEMBROKE STREET sign, an subtle omage to Bryn Mawr (my aluma mater) since one of its dorms is named Pembroke.  The Pembroke dorm at Bryn Mawr has an East and West side.  Jennie and I lived in Rockefeller Dorm (Room 118) all four years, but we walked through the Pembroke Arch (linking the East and West sides) regularly!

**The phrase "An Education" as the title for this post is taken from Lone Scherfig's 2009 film of the same name starring Carey Mulligan as a bright 16 year old girl (Jenny) who faces the choice of studying for a place at Oxford University, or of getting married to a much older man in the 1960's, as shown in the trailer below: