Oxford and the countryside, Part II

I woke up the second day of our trip feeling pretty crappy. I had a sore throat, headache, runny nose, etc. We had breakfast in Queen's College (so much better than Hughes Parry!) And headed over to the Oxford Union. In the library there was a series of murals depicting scenes from Mallory's Morte d'Arthur done by Morris and his friends. There were really hard to see because of the lighting there, but they seemed pretty nice on the whole.
Then we went to Exeter College and this delightful man named Philip showed us around. Exeter was the college that William Morris and Burne-Jones went to while at Oxford. (Philip Pullman and Tolkien are also alumni!). First we saw the "Morris Room" which was meh. Then he took us into the chapel where there was a bust of Tolkien and some Morris tapestries. Then he showed us the hall and told us all about their formal dinners (they're about 3 times a week and they have to wear their formal robes). Then he took us into the Sr. Common Room that is only for fellows. This is the room that Pullman describes in the beginning of The Golden Compass when Lyra is evesdropping. He then took us into the fellows garden where Daniel Craig filmed some of the aforementioned book (well, movie). He then took a group photo for us in front of the Radcliffe Camera (a big domed library).
Next we tramped up to the Natural History Museum to look at the stone work there. Whomever had done it had hired a bunch of stone masons, given them a general design, and then basically said go! All the decorations on the columns was different though because of it and it was really cool.
Laura and I got tea and scones at the Patisserie Valerie during our break and then wandered around to some of the shops. One of them had a couple rings and a silver bracelet I was eyeing, but didn't buy at that time. We then had to run over to the Bodlien Library and were almost late. There, two different librarians showed us two of Morris' hand done manuscripts (both unfinished of course but SO beautiful) and some of the books he read and made on his press (like the Kelmscott Chaucer!). It was really cool, but kind hard cause we were all crammed standing in this one little room.
I wanted to go back to the shop from earlier, but got distracted by all of the shops on Queen's St and didn't make it back before it closed. I grabbed a quick dinner and then we headed out for The Twelfth Night. It was an outdoor production in this amphitheater. It was all concrete and as the sun went down and the wind picked up it got quite cold. It even rainded at one point. The production was really good though, so the freezing was worth it.