Just a month and a half before the 60th anniversary of his death, I had the privilege of visiting The Kilns, the home of C.S. Lewis in Oxford.
First stop was Holy Trinity Church – Headington Quarry, down at the end of this lane.
Traveling in January is not always fun but my trip to Oxford was great fun and the city is very photogenic. So I have many more photos. Here are a few more that I have not shared yet on the C.S. Lewis post and the Ashmolean post.
The best price for flights that I found was on Iceland Air. As with most international flights I arrived about 3 hours before takeoff. At both ends, O’Hare and Heathrow, there was no line to check in with Iceland Air, while there were huge lines for the other carriers.
I once read a quote by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) where he used “archaeologizing” as a verb. Lawrence studied archaeology at Jesus College in Oxford so it was not surprising to find his desert attire on display, when I visited Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum.
I discovered C.S. Lewis in high school and added J.R.R. Tolkien to my pantheon of great English writers in college. Somewhere along the line I developed the urge to visit Oxford to see where those two used to hang out with the rest of the Inklings. It helps to work for an organizations that has an office in Oxford, the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students. I wouldn’t say that was the main reason I took this job three years ago, but it was a factor. Earlier this year myself and two colleagues went to Oxford for meetings and I took about 350 photos as I wandered around town between meetings. Presented here are the photos involving C.S. Lewis, other photos will be shared later.
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