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Travel Blogs from Oxford, United Kingdom
May Day Weekend
... , a Frenchman named Nicolas Chabee (pronounced shabee, or in the American accent, shabby) has a pilot's license and has joined the Oxford Flying Club. As a result he has access to a small six seater plane. He recently volunteered to share his hobby with ...
Photos
Hey Everyone...this is just to let you know that I added photos from the past few months to each of my entries. So, if you want to check out the pictures to go with the stories, they are now ...
Banbury to Oxford
... is a beautiful canal although it in my opinion is slow and windy and dose not have the architectural interest of eg Birmingham or Manchester,but on the other hand it is lush and green as it makes it way through to Oxford,and it has some very deep ...
The Merry Old Land of the Poms
... studying for her practise GSCEs, but not too busy to hang out with me. A few days of recuperation followed, wandering around Oxford which was bustling with students in the middle of exams (according to my cousins, Oxford uni students are snooty and rich ...
Shamrocks and Sunglasses
... 10ish, we immediately had a guided tour where we saw a lot of the downtown and college that make up the University of Oxford. Hence I have a lot of building pictures. Lots of them. Libraries and college and things. It gave me a few character ideas for ...
Three weeks to go!
With just under three weeks to go our arrangements are coming together really well. We have all the basics sorted like immunisations and visas and the details are coming together too. I don't know how people managed to plan this kind of trip before the ...
Harry Potter in Oxford
... outnumber any other type of vehicle. We found the information centre, and then wandered around town for a while, eventually finding the Oxford Covered Markets and somewhere for lunch. The markets are a permanent set-up - more like small shops than market ...
Visiting cousins, lunch on the Cherwell
... I gather is the source of a lot of amusement. Some of the youngsters are apparently leading from the Cambridge end rather than the Oxford end (one end is rounded and shiny - therefore slippery if one is not skilled - and the other is deeply indented, ...
Battle Proms at Blenheim Palace
... , cheese and chutney, chicken), honey cake, champagne, strawberries, raspberries and cream. It was a WONDERFUL meal. As we started out for Oxford it started to rain and it either threatened or downright rained the rest of the day. We had a fun time ...
Train and Bus to Oxford
... for me and I am trying to make arrangements to pick it up) but he did not pick up my text message until after I'd left Oxford again. Arrived at the bus station just before noon and set out in the heat of Oxford to find a travel agent to help with making ...
Oxford is for smart people...
... plesant. I saw a bit of the city.. it is bacically a University town with all sorts of different colleges that are affiliated with Oxford. We are at St.Anne's college. I'm not really sure what they are teaching at this college.. but it is a decent ...
Where were you born?
... , which places second to Windsor Castle in grandeur. It is special for being the birthplace of famous leader, Sir Winston Churchill. The location also warranted a short visit to Oxford University but however unfortunately for us the university was ...
around Oxford with Bevis
... , we visited many pubs including: The Kings Arms and The Turf Tavern. This is a historic pub located just outside the Oxford city walls. With foundations dating back to the 14th century, its city centre location makes it a favourite for both town and ...
Walk til you drop - hot, hot Oxford - photo ops
... views over Oxford. We are encouraged to learn about the real people and events from the site's turbulent past: the first Oxford teachings, the owners, visionaries, activists and inmates. People like the King's Prison keeper in the 1600s who made Oxford ...
Learned We Aint!!!
... last place we stayed at the 'Nanford Guest House' in Oxford what was supposed to be a lovely B&B in the heart of the City of Oxford was in actuallity a mens boarding home that the owners had 'kicked' out the poor old men so as to make a buck (sorry pound) ...
Sunday in Oxford - church and Botanic Gardens
... of "Happy Clappy" outdoor service going on involving a lot of the denominations and I wanted quite frankly, to enjoy my Sunday in Oxford at a traditional service so headed off to Christ Church where I have walked around a couple of times now. It was ...
Mid-semester break, AKA
... ended up spending a little extra time at the bus stop waiting for her to show up. It was kind of a special introduction to Oxford, looking at all of the people out partying on the streets from the bus and then listening to them as they walked passed the ...
Nomads
... spontaneous combustion of a book, the levitation of objects and telepathy. It was all quite humorous and we even learned some history about Oxford. After watching the guide cut off his arm at the end of the tour, we headed back to the Turf Tavern ...
The Fight For A Home
We headed down to the Agencies and began talks with Daniel (first viewing). We explained our make or break on this deal was to take procession by Friday and while he said he wasn't sure he would fight as hard as he could ...
All the good things must come to an end
We finished our travels and it feels a little bit like a dream now. We're back in Oxford and it's like we've never left, like the year 2010 never existed to us. It's all a bit blurred now but I still feel this is the craziest thing I have ever done in my ...
Oxford
... we wanted to go to Alice's Shop, but got sidetracked by Christ Church, one of the best colleges within the University of Oxford. Christ Church was established by Cardinal Woolsey by order of Henry VIII. The school has a long list of famous ...
Oxford round-up
... the usual, I thought I'd start this post off with some word association. Here are my impressions of Oxford: Academic...Inspiring...Quaint...Posh...Busy...Closed...Tourists!!!...Beautiful...Closed again...Antiques Roadshow So ...
The Rest
And on the 7th day in Oxford... we rested! We slept in, we watched TV, we did nothing, and it was good. Having been on the move constantly we needed a day to chill and stress gone we finally took ...
Random night
... , etc artifacts and exhibits. Christ Church Cathedral was amazing and the grounds at Magdelen college are huge and beautiful. Oxford had/has the biggest parks that go on forever and downtown is fun with all the college age students. We ...
Waiting for the adventure
... agreed that travelling was a far more appealing option than buying a house. Funnily enough when we said that, we'd just passed Trailfinders in Oxford. It would have been a sin not to go in and at least ask about the trip so this is how the idea was ...
half term
Willie and Kath came up for a few day's at half term in October, to catch up with Sid and Debbie and to get a wee rest if that is possible with two small children!! They went on a pumkin hunt at Blenheim but did not do the hunt , instead they had a fish ...
Logistics
As much as I love the idea of travelling and exploring the world I don't fancy the logistics of it, i.e. preparations, sorting everything out before we go, etc. That's probably because I bare some symptoms of OCD and freak out when things happen not the ...