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'We buy all kinds of crap,' Seth is telling me, 'Actually, it's you - you buy all kinds of crap.' We're in our new flat unpacking boxes and he's holding up a solar powered plastic chicken which shakes its head from side to side. I bought it in South Korea last year and it makes me smile whenever i look at it. Ok, so it may have no actual function, but i glance at it and i am back in Seoul, which is kind of brilliant. What both of us are discovering right now, as we sift through the life we [View Full Entry]

LuBarnham - Lu Barnham | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 21st 2009 | 383 Views | [diary=438419]


See this essay on google docs here: The Bodleian Library’s Gough Map The Bodleian Library Map Room is home to many historically valuable and fascinating maps, but none quite like the Gough Map. Dated within ten years of 1360, the Gough Map is reputed to be the earliest road map of Great Britain. Surprisingly, even at a time when cartography was just beginning to tackle land masses, the Gough Map was able to reach a level of accuracy that few maps of that time could get close to. Due to its degree of [View Full Entry]

Lvalenti - Lauren Valentino | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: September 16th 2009 | 45 Views | [diary=437144]

Hunting
The Astrolabe
The Gough Map

I left Cardiff today to make my second trip to Oxford to visit Dave. I had been here this past April for a couple days and did the bulk of my touring then so this was all about the company. When I arrived, we headed down to the Pie Minster in the central market to dine on their delicious meat pies. We got so deep into conversation (mostly reminiscing and bickering over business and finance) that we didn’t realize until halfway through that we had inadvertently swapped pies. After lunch, we went to the Said business school’s library so he could [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 4th 2009 | 66 Views | [diary=433775]

Longrow Scotch Whisky
Dos Coronas
Dave playing pool

Greeting Earthlings! So I'm writing from beautiful Lincoln College in Oxford. I still kind of can believe it. I totally love it here, it's small and kind of walker friendly, with the exception of the bikers who run people down and kick buses. It's been about a week already and I feel like I'm in this constant whirlwind of activity. I'm starting to tire out some but I don't really want to slow down because there is so much to be seen. Last Sunday en route to Oxford we went to visit Hardwick Hall. It's a 17th century manor and it [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 30th 2009 | 20 Views | [diary=429696]

Super Hand Dryer
The old house
In the Old House

We took a road trip, Oxford was our first stop. We wandered through the town and down to the Avon River and did some punting. We thought it would be better to get one with oars, and headed out on the river. The scenery was lovely. We stopped for lunch at the 'Head of River' then did some touristy looking around. I have learnt that if you hold the camera in one hand and look up at the buildings, people will walk around you. They might be cursing, but you dont have to dodge the crowd. Claire and Charlie hopped in [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 19th 2009 | 29 Views | [diary=429309]


"It's your birthday, we gon' party like it's my birthday...." After waiting for Greg to get back from Germany, he took me in Oxford for supper at famous chef's Jamie Oliver's resturant. we had a nice time and the food was great! [View Full Entry]

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Published: August 22nd 2009 | 7 Views | [diary=430136]

strike a pose?

By M Wildes
July 11th 2009
The End Europe » United Kingdom » England » Oxfordshire » Oxford
So, the end has come. My travels will continue for a bit, but thank you for all your comments and interest. The last few weeks have been amazingly packed, with everything from visitors (four, wow) to visits. There was a ball (and doesn't the sky look light after an all-night ball), a 2-day medical ethics seminar, and good-byes. See you in the States. [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 5th 2009 | 28 Views | [diary=415541]


Hello all! So today I went rogue and took a train into Oxford on my own. I figure that since we're in Europe (where the history comes from) I should be doing a little more sightseeing and a little less people watching. Although it should be noted that the people watching in Henley today was EXCELLENT. The train station this morning was pretty weird. Never in my life have I seen so many well dressed drunk people on a train (including taking BART to Halloween in Castro). The ladies are pretty comical in their big hats and high heels. They look [View Full Entry]

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Published: July 4th 2009 | 82 Views | [diary=415197]

The dining hall which students still use today.
Stained glass close up.
Green at Christ Church.

By marhug
June 29th 2009
trial blog Europe » United Kingdom » England » Oxfordshire » Oxford
This first entry is a bit of a trial. Just a quick sojourn to the UK first for Richard's graduation at Bath on 2 July. Would you believe it, we've struck a heatwave again - high 20 degrees everyday - hottest since 2006 when I believe we were also here but in Bath that time' and all we could do was lie under trees in the park - well in the Royal Crescent actually which wasn't far from Richard's attic. Puts lay to some stories of english summers! Far too hot for us after leaving Wellington southerlies last week. [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 29th 2009 | 47 Views | [diary=413372]

H, K (+junior) and L
Richard's graduation
Richard and Janet

By New
June 28th 2009
Oxford and Oxon Europe » United Kingdom » England » Oxfordshire » Oxford
Drove by Oxford enroute to visit another of Nalin's cousins, Anuradha and her husband Peter, who'd invited us for high tea. They live in a beautifully wooded estate in Chinnor. While we walked in the woods, Wyn climbed trees, shinied up ropes and ran along with a model airplane before becoming a strawman. The Strawman had to be dethatched before he got back into the car. Anuradha and Peter are founders of OneWorld.com and OneClimate.net focussed on encouraging the world to be green. For example, by encouraging business and conference travel via SecondLife and encouraging and distributing vi [View Full Entry]

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Published: June 30th 2009 | 23 Views | [diary=413592]

Tea Time
The Hedgerly Woods
Wyn climbing the swing


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