Oxford Guest Houses - Reviews and Rates

It is Rosh Hashanah 2008 in Oxford. Oxford is a beautiful town.The whole town is older than the US, and every corner pub, bookstore or college building is steeped in history. The medieval colleges still follow customs dating from their inception. Each college looks castle-like, and generally not open to the public--but behind the occasionally op...

When we arrived we quickly learned that the British use a lot of new terms and words for things that we don't back in Canada. We thought it would be fun to make up an ongoing blog entry that translates some of those terms to Canadian to see how different there language actually is even though it's still English. British Word - Canadian Translat...

After London, it was time to hit the road and five hours away was a Harry Potter Pilgrimage Site that I simply could not pass up. Oxford is town of about 134,248 and hosts a university of that same name that has a big rivalry with the Univeristy of Caimbridge. With more notable alumni than you can shake a stick at (25 British Prime Ministers, 2...

Maureen, Martin, and Timothy live in a charming city. Oxford is a delightful place to wander, view interesting buildings and gardens, visit museums, and people-watch. Yesterday, after lunch with Maureen at the fabulous Chang Mai Kitchen, I stopped at the Covered Market (I always love a market) and The Ashmolean Museum, the oldest in England. It'...

Well guys, just a few wolcome images for my new temporary home, here in Oxford.

Twelve hours of driving did not deter us from going up north to Stratford Upon Avon which is famous for the birth and death of William Shakespeare. We power walked through the town, crawling with tourists, and visited his birthplace, new house, the Chapel where he was christened and also his grave. The graves of his family members and himself we...

Cheerio! I made it!!! Here are some pictures of the bus ticket terminal, some SSO participants I met on the bus to Oxford, my roomies, and our house and neighborhood. My first meal in England was a Chicken and Mushroom Pie with mash (mashed potatoes), vegetables, and Earl Grey at none other than the Eagle and Child pub (C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tol...

Mostly I'm posting this entry to put up a bunch of my pictures finally. I leave for an hour toward Portsmouth to stay with a friend there. I'm leaving Oxford not to be back until mid January. So I'm sort of out on my own for the first time! Kyla and I decided to fly back from Edinburgh after 4 great days and nights there. We really loved that ci...