after classes, a group of us decided to go tour Christ church college. because parts of it have been used in filming harry potter movies. and it's a beautiful old college and cathedral. but let's be real - it was mostly the harry potter thing.
the only thing i could say as we walked into each room or corridor was "shuuuut uuuup!" (a la kelsey flynn). it was unreal. i was literally in hogwarts.
i just... i don't even know what to say.
oh but guess what else? the dining hall at Christ church is what they based the great hall in the movies on.
spectacular.
okay, i'm done drooling now. Christ church college is actually really beautiful (big surprise), and it has it's own cathedral, which is gorgeous.
i could literally spend hours in any given cathedral if you let me. i just think they're stunning; i've never seen one i didn't like. stained glass, vaulted ceilings, columns, sculpted stone, carved wood - i love it all. i've found myself particularly taken with stained glass in each of the churches we've been to this week. i just think it is an extraordinary example of people using their very unique and uncommon God-given talents to glorify the Lord. i feel like that is often taken for granted, but it's such a beautiful thing.
one more fun fact about Christ church college: it's the college where lewis carroll taught when he met the dean's daughter alice, who inspired him to write "alice's adventures in wonderland" and "through the looking glass." so there's alice in wonderland stuff all over the town, but especially at Christ church. the characters even appear in one of the stained glass windows in the dining hall (she's the tiny blue thing in the bottom left corner of the top left window):
look at that, you learned something new today! maybe. if you already knew that, gold star for you.
i hope your wednesday was as wonderful as mine! and that you enjoyed my accidental alliteration.
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