Exploring Oxford

After driving from Bath, we spent the day exploring Oxford, including checking out the Natural History Museum and Ashmolean Museum. It was fascinating to see the extensive collections gathered by the British from around the world (including actual mummies). It was fascinating walking around a university town, with buildings and architecture that bears a strong resemblance to Hogwarts. There are so many students and young people getting around in groups. We stumbled onto the 'offbeat festival', which is a festival for theatre, dance, spoken word and art. We met a lovely artist couple who taught us a word guessing game called crambo, which is a rhyming game from the 14th Century.Read more