Just wanted to fill you in on Easter Weekend here in Oxford.
On Friday I attended a joint service of St. Ebbe's and St. Aldate's churches. Both of these churches are very popular with students in Oxford, and I think St. Ebbe's is probably where I will attend from now on. The service was really great. It was strange, though, because even though I knew the songs, the melodies were different for a lot of them. For example, we sang "Nothing But the Blood," and I didn't even recognize it at first because the tune was so different!
After the singing and a sermon on Romans 3, we went to McDonald's for lunch and back to the house. I had to finish a History Paper on the Puritans that was due at midnight. For dinner on Friday we had group dinner at the house. Because of the holiday weekend, we couldn't get meals in the Keble dining hall, so we all banded together and made tacos. They were delicious. Mexican food is the one genre of food that the English don't do so well, so it was nice to have taco night at home and enjoy our chips and salsa!
Yesterday I went with my roommate Julia to climb the Saxon Tower in City Center. The tower is Oxford's oldest building--built in 1040. The tower doesn't look that high from the street, and it really isn't incredibly tall, but it gets you high enough to see the "dreaming spires" of Oxford. Here are a few pictures I took from our little adventure:
Shot of the Tower from its base
Shot of the Tower from street level
Initial Staircase
Looking up the tower
Dreaming Spires of Oxford
Radcliffe Camera
Another Dreaming Spire
We even could see Keble! (Mostly because its architecture sticks out like a sore thumb...)
Hope you have a wonderful Easter wherever you're celebrating! Love,
Sarah
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