Oxford

The two hardest things about writing this blog are thinking of a title for each entry (as previously mentioned) and thinking of an opening sentence - something to draw the reader in while trying to not sound like a 'dear diary'...

Today we went to Oxford.

Oxford High Street

The day started late morning, and as has become the norm, I was the last one of us to wake up. After breakfast it was decided that this sunny day should be appreciated and so we settled on going to Oxford. So after watching some tv, we got dressed and walked to the train station. There we saw irritating, infuriating and, sadly,the now familiar sight of the train we were meant to be on leaving the station as we arrived...

Half an hour later we were on the train to Oxford. With nothing planned, we just decided to walk around, making an effort to walk up and down streets we hadn't been to yet in the hope of seeing something interesting. That turned out to be the Oxford Castle.

One of the towers of Oxford Castle

It was a nice old building, which incorporated many new buildings into the design and it was easy to see that it had been restored. The only problems for us were that there was an entrance fee (even to the garden/hill in front of it) and that we actually couldn't find the entrance. Even though we walked around the whole castle.

The tops of some of the universities' buildings

So we stood and admired it from outside, and then continued with our walk. Other points of interest included finding Paradise Road - unsurprisingly lined with gay bars given the name, and buying a soccer ball as well as some groceries. We then made our way back home where we spent a lovely evening having dinner (which Mickaela cooked so well once again) and watching tv.

The End...