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Oxford
Travel Blogs from Oxford, United Kingdom
Pimms, Macbeth and a whirlwind...
... Mandarin to her plethora of languages...all before the age of 25....she inspires me so! She quided me on a whirlwind tour through Oxford complete with Irish coffees and home made ice cream cones! I ducked in for a rest in the afternoon then took on a ...
less than a week to go
Hello hello, here I go again! Its exactly a week to go and I'm now starting to get very excited. Finished work last Friday after 7 years and had some amazing leaving presents, and of course the obligatory few drinks afterwords. Saturday I was feeling ...
Updates On Life
Hello everyone, hope all is well back there in Canada. Seems like your still next door till you really get thinking about it and realize its half way around the world. It's not like driving where you have an idea of the distance ...
The Flat Viewing Day - Come On Home
... map in hand. Our first viewing was at 11am and was located in the county of Littlemore. The entire city could be classified as Oxford but it was actually only the central area that was called Oxford, the rest of the city was broken down into counties. It ...
Cotswolds and Oxford (the Real University)
... some of the Colleges in Oxford, and learned what it was like to study there. (There are more than 35 separate colleges at Oxford University.) The chapel of New College of Oxford was beautiful. I loved the tour, it was amazing. The buildings are very old ...
Oxford and Blenheim
... to Oxford this morning, with a stop at a motorway service for coffee and email. As we arrived at the tourist information centre in Oxford, a walking tour was just assembling, so we joined it. We have discovered that we count as "seniors" in Britain… ...
Oxford
Oxford is so full of AWESOME architecture, layer upon layer, Norman tower, Gothic cathedral, medieval castle, renaissance, Victorian, row houses, woven like tapestry through the lanes, which themselves change texture, cobbles, asphalt, canal. So many ...
Wondering The Streets of Oxford
This morning we were up at 7am and headed downstairs for our complimentary breakfast. It's a very basic menu with only a couple options but you don't expect much from a B&B. They had a buffet line that had cereals, ...
The Day Disaster Struck
The day had finally arrived. After spending 9 days in hotels we were finally going to get the keys to our new flat and finally be able to put our feet down. Up bright and early we were all smiles and full of excitement as we ...
A Weekend for Theater and Authors
... all the way to the sea. We decided to walk our local stretch, which meant finding our way through new parts of Oxford, finding the footpath, and then enjoying the stroll along the river. There are many houseboats on the Thames--it's a nearly still ...
Getting ready to go to Rotterdam and thunderstorm
... was awakened about 2:45am by the mother of all thunderstorms. It started off about 12 seconds away and moved inexorably towards Oxford. Dogs in the next room whining and scratching, then throwing themselves at the door. Eleven seconds, ten, nine and ...
Spires, Bells, and Our Cozy Little Flat
... had several rainy days, and they were in Ireland, which was concerned with drought in the west. We'll come home tanned! Oxford is a lovely, extremely walkable city. We’re located right in the heart of the city, but one street off the ...
Tieing Up Loose Ends
... . A Hotspot is internet in cafes and other locations scattered about around (cities, airports, train stations, cafes, parks, etc.). In Fact in Oxford alone there are probably 50 or more of these hotspots. So it means we will have internet at home and can ...
Oxford
... pero valio la pena ya que ˇOxford es precioso! Antes de terminar la visita y tomar el bus de vuelta pasamos a la "Oxford University Press", ya que encontramos una tienda en la High Street. ˇ!Habia mil ofertas!! Tendré que juntar un par de ...
My One Day of Work
... job they were originally trying to get me for but another one that had just arrived. It was working for the City Of Oxford Council and would require me to answer phones all day and process information into the system. It was in there recycling facility ...
Trip to Oxford, Bath and Stonehenge
Took a trip to Oxford, Bath and Stonehenge. Oxford is a University city filled with amazing architecture. There was 39 colleges in total and both the River Cherwell and the Thames River run through it. Bath is a city where the Romans built many ...
Cheers Chaps!
... pictures of Prince William and his new wife. After about a 2 hour bus ride through Londond and across the country I arrived in Oxford. At first glance there seemed to be a lot of tourist and poeple walking about for a Tuesday. I got off the ...
Finally Set Up
The day has finally come that all the pieces have fallen into place. We now all have bank accounts setup, bills have been transferred into our names, we got our cards, and life is finally becoming normal. The phone was hooked up ...
Another Walk Around Oxford
Like most mornings we were up nice and early at the crack of 7am and headed down for breakfast. Nothing beats bacon and eggs every morning cooked for you. The weather had cleared up and we had some blue skies that ...
Sorry, thought we'd done this already!!!
... into the only exit, to fix the camp pool!!! Anyway, eventually we extracted Bessy and we were off to the Park & Ride, and into Oxford. We did a walking tour of the town, which was quite enjoyable. We learnt a bit about the history, and got to see a ...
Gilly's garden
I spent the better part of the day taking shots of family stuff Gilly has (cigarette case presented by the Master Baker's Association in 1906 and a chair on the back of which is a plaque which says "Baptist Sunday Schools Mill Street Bedford Presented to ...
The Dark Days
... outright disrespect in the classrooms. There are also a lot of large gangs all over Oxford full of these kids and they are very bold and travel in huge numbers. Most the kids you hear throwing death threats ...
Baroque, rosies, and more sights!
Started the day off with a delicious breakfast then headed off with Natalie to explore Exeter College, the Covered Market and just do some wandering about town. Natalie left me mid-day at the rooftop cafe at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology. ...
Once upon a time in Oxford
... with a hundred or so others and terrorised London flash-mob style. So you see, anything could happen. As the bus pulled into Oxford (where Liam and Megan currently reside) several hours before we were due to meet, it occurred to me that I didn't even ...
Happy Birthday Liam!
Today Liam is six years old! Please join us in wishing Liam a very happy birthday! Melinda and Andy in Oxford and Chris in Paonia ...
Room 13 with a view...
Departed this am from Paddington Station where I caught a train direct to Oxford. The sun was thoroughly concealed by clouds as I ducked into the station. Open seating on the train which quickly filled to capacity. Almost immediately, an elderly ...
Marmalade and manners
... on the way up to Scotland, however, I had just enough time to tick off three places I'd always wanted to see - Stonehenge, Oxford and Stratford-Upon-Avon. They are a motley collection, but had always been on my list. In theory they look pretty ...