Greetings from Stratford! This morning our adventure began with a bus trip to visit The Church of Saint Margaret of Antioch near West Wellow. This is where Florence Nightingale attended church as a child and was later buried after her death. While we were inside the church, we were able to view a film depicting the life and legacy of Florence Nightingale and the contributions she made to modern day nursing. While watching the film, I gained a deeper understanding and appreciation for how Florence Nightingale went against social norms and expectations to fulfill her understood calling for her life. The next part of our journey led us to The Embly Estate; the childhood home of Florence Nightingale. It was an honor to be able to stand in the study where Florence Nightingale was taught by her father and other scholarly members of the time. When viewing the architecture of the home and comparing it to the hospital designs Florence Nightingale enacted in hospitals, it was interesting to see parallel influences. For example, the estate had many large windows and Florence Nightingale advocated for lighting and openness in hospitals. After The Embly Estate, our journey continued to Oxford University. Our tour guide Jane brought us through a tour of Trinity College, one of the 38 colleges within the University. It was a great experience to see the differences and similarities between Universities in American versus England. I thought it was interesting how the colleges require all first year students to live on campus to encourage a sense of community and intellectual collaboration between students. Finally, our tour of Oxford ended with a trip through the market place where we saw local art creations and even a fresh goat carcass. Our stay in Stratford has been wonderful and I cannot wait to depart for London tomorrow!
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