Today we took the train to Oxford. The streets were packed with college students, since exams were still going on. I was excited to visit Christ Church and see the Great Hall and the Grand Staircase where scenes from the first two Harry Potter movies were filmed. We shopped at the Oxford University store and saw the replica of Venice's Bridge of...

05/17/06: We made it - in more or less one piece - to the land of rain and sheep.... or so we found out today. Our adventure had a little bit of a rocky start. On the way to the airport a city bus was broken down in the middle of the street blocking our only route out of this country. Luckily my dad has a 4 wheel drive Subaru and we dodged the b...

History: The waterbound village of Oxford was once Maryland's largest port of call and is still an important center for boat building and yachting. Oxford is a protected harbor for watermen who harvest oysters, crabs, clams and fish. Chartered back to Augustine Herman's 1673 map of Maryland & Virginia, Oxford is one of Maryland's oldest towns. M...