Sphere Spins

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Pilgrimage

Had to find this...




Here's one option to gain entry, but it looks like climbing would be necessary...



...across a bridge...





it must be nice in summer, with everything leafy and in bloom...


take the long view of the whole garden

More Oxford


They have their own copy of the Bridge of Sighs that connects the Doge's palace with the prison in Venice. So named because condemned prisoners were the traffic across this bridge.



Radcliffe Camera




Inside the courtyard of Bodelian Library.

Oxford

Depart from Paddington, one hour ride...




Outside Bodelian Library




Magdalen College, home of C.S. Lewis, pronounced Maudlin.

More Market






Inshore whitby indeed!

Borough Market







Amazingly enough, England is the home of bad cuisine no longer. Londoners know their food by now, and the center of the foodie revolution is apparently this place, where they've sold foodstuffs for 900 yrs or more. These days it's of the finest quality. We broke our fast here and sampled lots of tasty delights.