Cherhill Hill, England

A second adventure my cousin Kate and I went on this christmas break was a climb up the huge chalk horse hill in Cherhill (pronounced "churrill"), Wiltshire. Along with the chalk horse, there is a big obelisk called the Lansdowne Monument. The chalk horse was created by carving into the hill which has a layer of chalk beneath the grass and it is the third oldest chalk horse in Britain. The climb wasn't a walk in the park but it's definitely not overly hard to do and I recommend it, the view from the top is great!

The chalk horse can be seen in the middle-left of the hills. 

 Finally at the top!

 I love England and it's rolling hills.

 First day of sunshine in a very long time. It was perfect!

Ugly scaffolding that's been on the monument for a long time due to the corner stones needing repairs but lack of funding. Also, kate taking a picture of me at the bottom.

 [Me, taken by Kate]

 The pathways have chalk around the edges, weird but cool.

 We got awfully close to some huge cows.

 Had to get a picture with them.

The chalk horse!

Oxford, England

Oxford has always been one of the cities in England that I wanted to visit and ever since Oxford Brookes became one of my exchange choices, I was determined to go there one day. This christmas break, my cousin Kate (who's house I live at in Devizes over holidays) put out the idea of us driving up to Oxford and of course I didn't decline. The city has beautiful, old buildings -more than usual for cities in England (or so it seemed!). Since we went when the University of Oxford was closed for christmas, we didn't get to go into all of the college buildings but seeing them from the outside was enough.. even with the ugly, overcast skies!

 The entrance to the Bodleian Library. It was closed unfortunately!

 The Bridge of Sighs

 The Radcliff Camera aka the science library -also closed.

 The university church of St.Mary

 So many rainbow buildings!

 Carfax Tower

 The view!

 Christ Church College courtyard. All of the little doors around the wall are houses for PhD students (!!!). Sign me up?

 Dining hall for first years in Christ Church College. Harry Potter anyone?

 Balliol College courtyard /\     and outside \/

 Oxford Castle

"The Mound"