Oxford, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Yet more old friends and children
Apr 21, 2007 (4 photos)

... yet.  Again a good catch up, played guitar heroes on his computer gamey consoley thingy and had a great day wandering around Oxford.  Dave has a new job as IT manager for a couple of the posh colleges so we went around those and Oxford ...

Do Not Pass Go
May 30, 2006 (5 photos)

... , where they filmed parts of the Harry Potter movies. Seeking some shelter from the relentless rain we headed indoors to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. It was full of all kinds of animals and their skeletons. With time to spare before ...

Oxford Pin
Sep 7, 2007

Oxford Pin

Oxford and the Cotswolds
Jun 23, 2007 (7 photos)

We arrived in Oxford and it is exactly how we pictured it virtually all stone buildings with an endless supply of colleges. The next morning we went to sudeley castle just outside of winchcombe. This isn't just any old castle... this could have been my ...

Long Overdue Update
Feb 18, 2006 (85 photos)

... . Had an exciting day on Valentine's: my friend Kat took me up Magdalen (pronounced Mawd-linn) Tower - the highest point in Oxford. Don't be fooled - St. Mary the Virgin advertises itself as the highest point, but they leave out "open to the public". ...

A Sunny Day
Jan 13, 2006 (24 photos)

Today it was actually sunny. That's right - Oxford's ceiling clears up sometimes! Yesterday was our first fully-functioning sunny day, and we had the pleasure of learning the library system in a downstairs faculty library amongst other things. The walk ...

Everything in Between
Mar 20, 2006 (20 photos)

So, now that two of my planned breaks are over (with one foggy one on the horizon), I have a bit of time to update my cobweb-strewn travelogue. Much has happened since my last update: the Football Dinner at Queen's marking the end of the season, the end ...

Getting Lost in West Oxford can be Fun
Jan 7, 2006 (17 photos)

... had headed north after eating and were thus traveling south (we had made some turns in a residential area). We crossed the Oxford Canal (a grand-sounding body of water looking quite like a creek) and traveled by the Randolph hotel (see photo). We then ...

Last infusion of British kulcha
Aug 23, 2006 (8 photos)

... anyway. Quite impressive - she's done a grand job of restoration after the fire. Around 4ish we drove on, in the rain, to Oxford and got there just in time to join their peak hour traffic jam in the city. It was a delightful crawl through the old town ...

Oxford
Mar 3, 2005

... in the tourist guides they hand out and she was just sitting, a gentle please don't sit there would have sufficed. Even though we aren't really sure what happened, we made sure not to touch anything else in Oxford that day! Check: One missed bus

Thames Walk, Day 4
Jul 4, 2009 (69 photos)

... a cab and ended up at the Roses Revived, the place where we had left off Day 4   Start - Finish   Newbridge - Oxford   Distance - 22.5 Kilometres At 08:23, Newbridge was nice and deserted, so we took some photos and headed off. The Thames ...

Non-Academic Orientation
Jan 9, 2006 (13 photos)

Hello all, Today we had our first day of orientation which, for me, started bright and early at 7 am. We left the house and walked about 40 minutes to the other SSO house, the Vines, on Headington Rd. Our trek took us through a muddy but beautiful park ...

Faffing about Oxford
Jan 23, 2006 (29 photos)

... to me means to procrastinate or putter around. If you google the word (as I just did), a youth hostel blog cites the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) entry as follows: FAFF v. & n. (Brit Colloq); -v.intr. (often followed by about, around) fuss, dither ...

I'm here!!!
Jan 7, 2006 (18 photos)

... as we chatted and shopped for odds and ends on High Street. I pass by Magdalene College (see virtual tour link) to get to Oxford centre, among other breathtaking colleges. Haven't been to Wycliffe Hall yet, but I'll take pics when I do. I think that's ...

Uneventful Update
Jan 28, 2006 (2 photos)

... Wed included a lecture from a woman involved in the South African Peace Accord (so cool); and extracurricular stuff is wonderful. Oxford is an amazing place - I completely recommend it. We play Keble tomorrow at 2 pm, so cheer on Queen's when you wake ...

Oxford, England
Jun 10, 2005

... and lumber. The Most prominent merchant was Robert Morris, the father of the financier of the American Revolution. Arriving in Oxford in 1738, Morris acquired a fortune as chief factor for the Foster Cunliffe & Sons, a large Liverpool trading house. A ...

Studentness in Oxford
Oct 6, 2002

... weekend before classes start so there is a feeling of anxious excitement. I felt more intelligent just walking around this town as Oxford boasts the oldest university in Britain. From Oxford it was straight on back to London. Amy, Mark and Sarah kept me ...

Getting an education in Oxford
May 5, 2009 (1 photos)

Went to Oxford today for training for this new charity fundraising job...Oxford's beautiful...so green! Got there a few hours before I was due so that I could have a little wander. Had a look at the town in general, the university, the cathedral, this ...

Back to England for a night
Apr 10, 2008

... at Luton airport where we were met by Paula my dads wife. We spent the afternoon relaxing at my dads house just outside of Oxford and playing with my little sister Georgie when she got back from school. That evening we had a delicious dinner of a sausage ...

Day 98 - Oxford
Nov 12, 2007

Tom and Rhian

The importance of a hat
May 23, 2009

... do this for a long time, with an enthusiasm that borders on the unstable.  See, as I mentioned before, I never earned a better gown at Oxford.  And if you saw the gown we start out with (and that most of us end up with) you'd realize it's almost ...

Closing Remarks
Aug 1, 2006 (10 photos)

... Original Blend and McCormick Bland with Trans Fat. 10. And, vinegar is actually really good on fries. So, that's my Oxford experience in a nut shell. Oh, except that everything is really expensive. That sandwich that's only 3 pounds? Yeah, try ...

Oxford
Dec 3, 2006 (1 photos)

Sight seeing around Oxford. Hogwarts Dining Hall. Oxford YHA Youth Hostel.

Oxford University
May 17, 2007 (14 photos)

... to Oxford University, it would still be proper to ask what college they attended: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges_of_Oxford_University. We then climbed tower of Saint Mary the virgin church for an incredible view of the entire city.  After ...

Fast cars and higher education
May 25, 2009

On this weekend in May - the one that is supposed to kick off summer, we attended MINI United 2009, celebrating the 50th birthday of MINI. It was a terrific event with lots of activites - including my highlight, driving a MINI on the Silverstone racetrack. ...

Totally knackered after London!
Jun 14, 2009

... faggots, black pudding, or mushy peas, and drank shandies and ale. Lovely! Then we flounced out of London and headed for Oxford.  Chris is bloody marvelous at driving on the left side of the "single carriage-way".  Cheers mates, and we look ...

Oxford on Boxing Day
Dec 25, 2005 (13 photos)

On Boxing day, we all headed to Oxford.

55 minutes and I'm in Oxford
Mar 31, 2007 (40 photos)

... and random street performances. There was a parade and a little market - I bought french cookies and giant olives. Oxford Folk Festival Street band I walked around the entire city. I thought Oxford University was one big university, but it is ...

Day 5
Jul 1, 2009

... the castle was used for a prison up until 1996.  We climbed to the top of the tower and had the most amazing view of Oxford. We weren't exactly sure what to do next, then Ella suggested that we go to Blenheim Palace, which turned out to be the best ...

Palaces, Pubs, and Pouring Rain
Dec 4, 2005

... to see I think. Its a really nice town, full of ridiculously old buildings. Has a real intellectual feel too, being Oxford and everything. However, I have taught a few Oxford students how to Sudoku and they've got nothing on me! Tomorrow I'm planning ...