Visited Oxford home of the famous Oxford University Press (the largest university press in the world) and University of Oxford (the oldest University in the English-speaking world).
I am currently obsessed with these books from the Oxford University Press: http://www.oup.co.uk/general/vsi/
I have purchased almost a dozen. Read in my spare time, perhaps??
It was very pretty city with a bustling city center a mix of students, tourists and locals. Very nice to walk around and visit the different "colleges" - the University has 39 colleges. The "college" concept is is different than what I had originally thought - i.e. College of Business...but rather a college is really a house of residence. Think Harry Potter and the different houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin.
According to Wikki:
These colleges are not only houses of residence, but have substantial responsibility for the teaching of undergraduates. Generally tutorials (the main method of teaching in Oxford) and classes are the responsibility of colleges, while lectures, examinations, laboratories and the central library are run by the university.
Photo 1 - city center
Photo 2 - symbol of Oxford
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