European Tour – Peace and Potter in Oxford
May 25. Thursday.
Ahhh, peace. I woke up in the downstairs bedroom at Holly’s, opened the glass doors to the outside and heard total and utter quiet except for the beautiful sound of birds chirping. This is the perfect place for decompression and relaxing, after such a full Italy trip then especially the conference where I felt so full. Had a quiet breakfast with Sharon while Holly went to get her dog groomed.
Then we all had such a beautiful day. We drove to Oxford where Holly had to attend an auction for some of the things in her mother’s estate. She did well. It was so fascinating, as people placed their bids both in person and on line from perhaps all over the world. Then we walked into Oxford University, or part of it, because it is absolutely huge. The buildings are gorgeous. I’ve always wanted to visit there, as I grew up around Harvard, and Oxford is even more prestigious, if that’s possible. Really nice town, too.
Then we were lucky to meet up with Marien and Ami Chen Mills-Naim, who is visiting her. We discovered the building in which the Harry Potter movies were filmed and because Ami is a huge Harry Potter fan and because my 12-year-old granddaughter lived for Harry Potter for many years, we had to go in, and it was interesting, especially because it was also the birthplace of Alice in Wonderland and we saw across the courtyard where Einstein used to live. We tried to contact Maureen, who also works at Oxford, but couldn’t reach her until too late. But we all went out for some very delicious ice cream, said our goodbyes to Marien and Ami, drove back and had a quiet dinner. Wonderful day!
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