Well today was the big day. We gained entrance into the mysterious Bodleian Library. However, they don't let you just walk right in. You must first take "the oath."
In Latin: "Do fidem me nulllum linrum vel instrumentum aliamve quam rm ad bibliothecam pertinentum, vel ibi custodiae causa depostitam, aut e bibliothece sublaturum esse, aut foedaturum deformaturum aliove quo modo laesurum; itm neque ignem nec flammam in bibliothecam inlaturum vel in ea accensurum, neque fumo nicotiano aliove quovis ibi usurm; item promitto me omnes leges ad bibliothecam Bodleianam attinentes semper observaturum esse" (I'm guessing no one will notice the typos)
In English: "I hereby undertake not to remove from the Library, or to mark, deface, or injure in any way, any volume, document, or other object belonging to it or in its custody; not to bring into the Library or kindle therein any fire or flame, and not to smoke in the Library; and I promise to obey all rules of the Library."
After taking the oath I received my "library card." Harry Potter/Bodleian Library trivia -- The infirmary in the first Harry Potter film was shot in the Divinity School (see photos) and the Hogwarts Library was shot in the Duke Humfrey's Library (haven't managed to find my way there yet & no photography in the library proper).
After dinner (8pm) a friend and I went for what was planned to be a short walk. We crossed the river at Folley Bridge and thought we would walk until we found another crossing -- this turned out to be much (a mile or two) further down the river. What was intended to be no more than an hour turned out to be an hour and forty-five minute walk, but we did find some really neat sites: Her Royal Highness's swans, the University boathouses, an area called Iffley and the track on which Roger Bannister ran the subfour minute mile.
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