Here I am. In London. I'll spare you the pictures of how terrible looked getting off the plane. Instead, here I am eating at the Eagle and the Child pub, where Tolkien and C.S. Lewis tended to hang out a lot. You've probably heard their names somewhere sometime.
It was pretty great. We went on a tour earlier today around Oxford, and a guide showed us some of the colleges of the University, as well as some good pubs and where we'll be spending a good bit of time, the Bodleian Library. It's the second biggest library in the UK. Here's my college, New College. 
It's nestled between two city walls. The walls made it easy to defend the College against creditors trying to settle the debts that Oxford students accrued while not paying for food and clothes. There were riots based on this.
So claimed the tour guide.
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