Saturday, January 31, 2009

A Week in Bath with a sidetrip to Oxford (C.S. Lewis tour)

Meeting with the Mayor of Bath (L-R- Anna Perry; Mayor; Sarah Anderson & Tessa Walt



Our whole group got to meet in the Mayor's chambers with the Mayor and his wife. I am in the back row to the left of the painting!

A Picture of Chepstow Castle in Wales.

Dr. Stephen Bird with Anna Rich and Jeff Creely inside Chepstow Castle.
Dr. Bird lecturing in Tintern Abbey in Wales. It was a Catholic Monastery which was closed by Henry VIII when he changed England from Catholic to Protestant.

Me (Andy) in the Center of the Chapel at Tintern Abbey.

Our group (minus me - I took the picture) at Tintern Abbey.

Outside the Cloisters at Wells Cathedral.

Andy outside Wells Cathedral.

Dr. Bird lecturing outside Wells Cathedral.

Swans in the moat at Wells Cathedral
In Oxford . . . for our C.S. Lewis Tour

Our guide tells us about Keeble College (where Lewis studied while also preparing to fight in WWII.)

Adam Gearhart standing by a dinosaur footprint at the college of science in Oxford.


The Bridge of Sighs in Oxford.


Our group with guide outside the Camera building at Oxford University. (Watch "The Saint" movie for a great view of this round building!)















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