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Oxford
Travel Blogs from Oxford, United Kingdom
Fish and Chips - Bangers and Mash
... winding and bordered by trees, ancient stone walls and overpasses a river, which was strangly low for this time of year. Oxford's campus is spread throughout the city amongst pubs, shops and restaurants. We decided against a walking tour since we ...
Die graue, grüne Stadt
... gerne so einen Wintergärtchen wie es hier die meisten haben. Wir fuhren nur ca. eine halbe Stunde und schon waren wir in Oxford. Oxford ist ein wirklich total schöne Stadt, die genau genommen aus nur 2 Farben besteht: grau sind die ganzen Colleges (39 ...
Travel itinerary
Planned itinerary (subject to changes!) Wed 15th Oct Heathrow -> Quito Mon 12th Jan Santiago -> Auckland Tue 10th Mar Auckland -> Bangkok Sun 10th May Bangkok -> Delhi Mon 1st Jun Delhi -> ...
Oxford
We arrived in Oxford on the very sunny first day of study break. The shopping mall was a throng of people and the museums crowded with children. A walk around the meadow of Christ Church college (yes, it has a meadow complete with cows and a river for ...
The land that WiFi forgot
... I am currently sitting in a little cafe in Oxford on my way to Jenny's (family friend), who lives about an hour south of Oxford. gaynor has stayed in Leicester as there are still some relatives she hasn't caught up with. I will meet up with ...
37. Town and Gown
... the Radcliffe room via an extensive underground tunnel network. Continuing our walk, we entered the Covered Market, an Oxford institution with a very impressive cake shop, before passing under the Oxford version of ´The Bridge of Sighs´ ...
My room
Today I have been reading Daniel Deronda by George Eliot and enjoying my cozy room in the Wolfson Building at St. Anne's College. I took breaks by running down to the post office and entertaining one of my fellow English students who needed to look ...
Studius
On another Saturday morning, we caught the speedy Oxford Tube bus and toted our way to the nearby university town. Oxford is home to college campuses which have supported the studies of a long list of very reputable and well known scholars, politicians, ...
City of Dreaming Spires
It was rainy and cold by the time we arrived in Oxford. Driving in this city was stressful as the local seem to have no regard for their personal safety and just throw themselves out in front of traffic expecting cars to stop for them. We found a public ...
Let's Get Smart
This is a top pick! ... a bottom bunk, worst of all I was in a room of 18 about 11 of those was boys, so the night noises are abundant. Oxford is a fantastic little touring place because everything is very centrally located and very easy to walk to. So I headed to the tourist ...
Our Day Trip to Oxford
... village of Oxford. It was an hour train ride away from London, and we had about seven hours to explore. As you would expect, Oxford is buzzing with students.Youth is in the air and bicycles are everywhere. We had a great time, hope you enjoy the ...
Night before
We are just setting this up before we go so we can keep you all informed on our travels! We have finished packing and the bags are by the front door. We now just need a good night's ...
Oxford and environs
... from the states. A lovely lunch of salmon, chicken, various salads, chocolate mousse and wine - no complaints. We then drove thru Oxford to a nice walk that I had remembered from living in Oxford with Sheldon in 1980 for a few months. The Marston Ferry Rd ...
Oxford
We travelled through the Cotswold Villages of Broadway, Stow-on-the-Wold and Burton on Water. Really cold day. We are currently having a look around ...
Whirlwind
... connect in Hove with Shirley and Mick was frosting on the cake. A blizzard in Chicago, fog in London, dusk in Oxford, room reservation difficulties near Victoria and a refinery explosion did not even dent our enjoyment. We never even had time ...
Home! Finally, my top tunes of the trip...
The following are my top tunes of the trip along with places they will forever be associated with! Phoenix - Listomania (Dubai) Mr Scruff - Ahoy There! (Dubai) The Walkmen - The Rat (various) Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling into Place (Chang Mai) ...
Oxford
I was very fortunate that Michael and a friend of the family took me too Oxford for the day. I was thoroughly impressed by this city. This is how I imagined a University town, with its ivy-covered buildings, the quadrangles and courtyards, the enormous ...
Where is Cots Woldo?
... took us on her standard Oxford tour which included many of the best sites. We really enjoyed the fabulous architecture of Oxford's many colleges. Highlights included visiting the Bodleian library, the view from the tower of the University Church of St. ...
Chris Patten lecture
I had a busy third week. Last weekend I went to see Shared Experience's production of Bronte at the Oxford Playhouse and thought it was amazing. The theater scene in Oxford is so huge! On a different note, on Wednesday I went with a fellow English ...
Fast cars and higher education
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 ...
Vylet do Oxfordu
Jedna mudra osoba mi napisala, ze: "Ked uz si tam, chod sa pozriet do Oxfordu". Sak, preco nie... - chuti jesto, - nie je to odtialto az tak daleko, - casu tu mam ties dost, a prasule tiez este nejake ostaly ;-) Nebudem tu predsa cakat az zaprsi, ...
An Oxford Photo Album
We're back home, but I wanted to post a photo album of Oxford--where streets often wind, where colleges are hidden behind huge wooden doors, and where the public is rarely admitted past the gatekeeper. Abigail was able to convince the Balliol porter to ...
Mr. Banana Peal Neall
... of you are interested please apply. The pay is low, but the fun will be as my sister says about pizza in the united kingdom "amazing." So join me for more random stories than you'd ever think possible and keep me informed on the fun times ...
Day 13
... 10:50am. Claire's conference started at 10:30am. Her conference was at the Headington campus which is part of Oxford University. There are several colleges associated with Oxford University. We had our first attempt at public transportation... ...
Oxford - Christ Church College
We saw the famous Cathedral at Christ Church, Oxford and the Great Hall that was the inspiration for the Hall at Hogwart's in the Harry Potter movies. Follow the link to learn ...
Oxford UK
... have stayed with the Bickertons in Oxford for 3 nights. Met up with Lucy and Phillip as well nad we all a lovely time walking around Oxford. One day we drove Jeremy's car to Brackley to see Will and Linda. They took us to ths flash joint Fawsley Hall for ...
you're a wizard, Harry.
... hostel, but more on that later...as now I shall venture back to about 10:00 this morning... So Kim and I got up this morning in Oxford, ate some toast and drank some tea, all the good stuff. And then (our bags were allowed to be kept in the hostel for ...
Jolly olde England
... severely deprived of sleep. Mike however managed to drive a standard car (on the wrong side of the road, for us anyway) to Oxford without any major issues and we've had some time to relax a bit and wander around downtown. We already met some ...