The maze in the Pleasure Gardens of Blenheim. We got lost several times, but it's supposed to be a symbolic maze and not very difficult. Boo. Anyway, that's all for now - I've got class in a few moments and I must walk the long walk to Wycliffe Hall and then spend the rest of my day in research and contemplation of literature. I have four papers due next Tuesday and this week is crunch time! Bet you guys aren't missing school at all.

The Rose Gardens at Blenheim are breathtaking - at least four different kinds and colours of roses, and lavender too. It smelled divine.

The temple of Diana where Winston Churchill proposed to his wife, Clementine.

A sphinx. I heard a child say to it's friends, "Look, there's that lady - lion- birdy- thing."

The back side of Blenheim - another bright and beautiful day; we had coffee on the terrace.

A better view of the courtyard.

A picture of my big head along with the inside courtyard of Blenheim.

Blenheim Palace - which we visited yesterday; home to the eleventh Duke of Marlborough, birthplace of Winston Churchill.

A Stradivarius in the Ashmolean!

This is the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford; Justine and I visited it on Saturday. It was the first unrainy day we'd had in a while, and it was also Alice Day (Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll was a Maths Professor at Oxford). There was a display of Alice manuscripts in both the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean; there is a wonderful collection of Greek Statues and of Ancient Egyptian relics.