Day 4 Oxford Warwick Castle
As I start writing today, I’m of course a bit behind due to our full schedule. Our leaders are great and I don’t think anyone who hasn’t been on one of our programs fully realizes what giving people they are. We are in Normandie, but I am writing about recent history in England.
I put many of the pictures in this gallery. I took about 2-300 pictures a day, but mostly included pictures with people in them in the gallery. If anyone wants pictures of the art or the architecture , which was amazing, email me. I’ll eventually put the art and architecture pictures in a gallery connected with this one.
The 1st news is bad…I dropped my camera on a stone and broke it 
(What’s worse is it wasn’t mine, it is my daughter Noel’s…So I’ll be purchasing a new camera when I get back). The pictures from here on out will be from my phone and Delegate contributions. I did have a bit of time to download a few pictures during the ferry ride to France (Though the 6 hours went by very quickly!) The ferry was very nice. It had a number of restaurants, shops and 2 Cinemas.
Our guide on the Ferry told us the French were proud to say that they, not the Brits owned it.
That’s why the food was so good 
One of the amazing things that I’m not sure the delegates fully appreciate is that everywhere we go there is a guide or special connoisseur to take care of us or explain things. This is something most travelers outside of a People to People program do not get.
So, today we left the Jurys Inn and headed on our coach to Oxford. What a beautiful place!
One of the Delegates, Kayc (Forgive me if I misspelled your name) took about a gig worth of shots of the beautiful architecture there. I obviously can’t share those pictures here, but I will place all of the extra pictures HERE (Click on the name of the picture to see it, then right click & Save As (if you use Internet Explorer) to download any pictures you want to your computer)(I do have the original larger versions of the pictures if anyone wants them, I’ll tell you where they are). I will post all the pictures I receive from Delegates in this folder: http://www.naker.us/images/Travel/2008PeopleToPeopleEurope/ We will also be leaving the Delegation after Tuesday August 5th, so I will not be blogging as they continued program on to Belgium. When they return, I’ll be happy to put pictures here as they are sent to me.
So, Back to Oxford…What a Place! I would love to study here!
Where we are standing is above the Boleian Library, the largest library in the world. A copy of every book published is sent here.
Maybe someday one of our delegates will represent us here at Oxford. To be sure their world has changes forever by being here.
I think this is the school we could all use a bit more study in
Here are some flowers for my wife Jodie I Love You!
When all is said and done, for us parents and leaders, this is what it’s all about
We had lunch and got a chance to spend a rare 15 minutes shopping in an Eclectic open air market at Oxford. I was drawn to the Type Setting / Ship navigation booth. They had some amazing old brass compasses, Telescopes, etc. We then loaded up and headed to our adventure at Warwick Castle (Pronounced Waar ICK heavy on the ICK for some of our delegates as we camped there. It was a great bonding experienced designed to help us appreciate our hotel rooms
There were Knights & Lords and we all learned to sword fight, stand strong on the Bill line and what it took to be a true archer. Maybe some day we’ll be a tough as these guys & KayC
Jared Showed us what a true archer looked like, to the rousing cheers of his fellow peasants
Even the leaders got into the action…Is that allowed in the handbook
castle was a magnificent structure and provided a bird’s-eye view for us all…
Getting down was another story…
Sir Richard was an able teacher
Though some had to be persuaded…
We’ll all remember the frequent count off’s to ensure everyone was present & accounted for…and a rousing 46 near the end
The accommodations were the best medieval time had to offer
There was even an alarm clock…
Too bad no one knew how to set it so that it didn’t go off in the middle of the night and at sunrise!
Well they were pretty and cute when they’re little…
So ends day four with us snug in our tents dodging raindrops and keeping warm in our sleeping bags…Lords and ladies of Warwick People to People style.