Blogs from Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 11

How do you get to Oxford? "Study! Study! Study!" I suppose someone who knows the famous joke about Carnegie Hall would say. (If you don't know, the answer to that one is "Practice! Practice! Practice!") Anyway, it is a challenge to find a good cycle route between Bath and Oxford, as we learned by experience over the past three days. But we did it, spending one night in Avebury so we could get up early Tuesday morning to experience the ancient standing stones that surround the town, trying to make our way on via numbered cycle routes that turned out to be rough trails better suited for walking and then making a wrong turn because we had run off of our map. But we rectified that after getting the right map in the small town of ... read more

London is not only great to explore, but also as base for day trips. So I slipped in my itinerary a day trip to visit Bath and Oxford. There are actually group tours to various destinations, but after reading many horror stories (getting left at, time too short at each attractions, etc) I decoded to take matters on my own hand. However, as Bath and Oxford are quite far from each other and got lots of sites, I'll have to start my day really early and ends it quite late. I left my hotel in Liverpool Street just before 7 am. Believe me, I felt really stupid booking Tune hotel in Liverpool Street instead of their Paddington branch. It was unnecessary commute. As I booked early in advance, I managed to get cheap tickets – total ... read more

Our daughter Elise has been living in the UK for a year now - London to be specific. We could not let another Christmas go by with catching up. Catherine travelled across before me, and we all met up at Catherine's aunts place in Oxford on Christmas eve. Catherine and Elise started the adventure with an excursion to York. Greg arrived in Oxford after a long, but uneventful flight from Australia. The long leg from Singapore to London is tiring, but a lot more efficient than the routes that go through an intermediate middle eastern stop.... read more

Oxford – The name that is associated with renowned colleges , university and intellectuals. One cannot help but visualise students hurrying up to the university and intellectuals debating and busy innovating. Well, along with all this, Oxford is also rich in history with its age old buildings standing there with a pride of having witnessed the history. From Bournemouth, Discover Dorset Tours offers day trips to nearby places of historical significance. My husband and I along with a friend, bought 3 tickets to Oxford tour through Discover Dorset tours. On a Saturday morning, we were picked up by a mini bus from the Bournemouth bus station. Oxford is around 94 miles from Bournemouth which takes about 2 hours. We started at 9 am and reached Oxford at around 11 am. On the tour, we had people ... read more

Hello! Welcome to the Blog! This is just to set things up and get you guys familiarised with the blog...if you want to keep up to date with what we're up to, we will try to give regualar updates on our whereabouts and what we have been up to along the trip. Happy reading (hopefully!) Carla and Dan x x x... read more