well we took the train up to Oxford the other day. As most people know Oxford is famous for its university , and perhaps the Oxford dictionary. Oxford is a great Little town and and the university is vastly different to the one i attended in Brisbane. For a start some of the buildings are about 800 years old which always spins me out as everything in Australia is so new.
It seems every time we decide to go somewhere out of London or do something fun on the weekend we are blessed with great weather, even though its starting to get a lot cooler we still had a sunny blue sky day so it wasn't to bad to be outside walking around. The town had a relaxed vibe to it and we spent the morning wandering around looking at the old building and talking lots of photos of the Radcliffe camera which is a round building with big dome on top and now houses a library, i have no idea why it is called a camera?
We had lunch in the gardens of a Church that over looks the RC and other library building and after lunch we climbed to the top of the churches tower and had awesome panoramic views over Oxford. In the afternoon we went to the largest and most famous college called Christ church. even though its almost winter and not peak tourist season we still had to line up for a while to get in. Once inside we got to stroll around the grounds and look in the plush dinning hall, and very old cathedral.
Its getting dark really early over here now and we were tired from all of our walking so we felt in the mood for a cosy pub meal. we had heard about a pub called the Eagle and child where JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis used to go and talk literature over i few pints i suppose. I had some bangers and mash , Renee had a half a roast chicken and we shared a pint of local brew. Good times!
We thoroughly enjoyed our day trip and look forward to checking out the other university town of Cambridge next time.
Pics here
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