On Saturday we made our way to Oxford, as it was on the way back towards London, and sufficiently different from the Cotswalds and medieval towns. Of course, we did a couple of VoiceMap tours, but most of all, really enjoyed amazing architecture of the old grandiose university buildings. In fact, we were surprised to learn that Oxford is actually a collection of 39 very distinct colleges. We saw the most impressive and famous ones. The main one, Christ Church college, that educated many famous people and many British prime ministers, had a self-guided tour but it was sold out for the day. There were also visits to a library and dining hall that inspired Hogwarts, but they were all sold out for days.
We also saw a part of the graduation ceremony from afar, as the graduated students walked out form the grand building.
Oxford definitely had a very distinct vibe - a true university town - with many students from all over the world, tons of ethnic restaurants, but also really overrun with tourists.
Oxford also had very strong literary connections - for example. Lewis Carroll wrote Alice in Wonderland there.Read more
August 8 in England ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C