Angels we have heard from on high

We love the unusual perspective from the choir section of the Royal Albert Hall. At this Christmas concert, the choir and orchestra were enjoyable, but the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Welsh Guard (i.e. the guys in red -- click to zoom!) were what made it special.

This more of what you were expecting?

This is Christ Church, perhaps Oxford's most prestigious college--or at least that's what 13 prime ministers would tell you. Nearby we had some fantastic deja-vu moments, having just seen The Golden Compass.

Exploring Oxford full bore

(Sorry, it was either that or whole hog.) Here's a butcher shop in a covered market we came across as we wandered Oxford the day after attending our first English wedding.

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas -- or is it?

A friend of mine brought me along to a carol service at Holy Trinity Brompton. This is where I learned that Anglican Christmas carols have the same words as in America but are set to completely different music. Good fun nonetheless.