Blogs from Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 42

Day 9: Sun, May 6th Today we headed away from the East Anglia area, towards the west side, for our 2 days in the Cotswolds. The Cotswold is a large area, full of small picturesque towns. The kind with green rolling fields, and lots of thatched roof cottages. From Mildenhall, it was kind of a long drive. One of the longest we’ve had so far. Our first stop was Blenheim Palace located in the town of Woodstock. We didn’t pay to tour the Palace, because it’s way too-overpriced, and I just wanted to see the gardens. The palace is home to the Duke of Marlburough/Churchill family. Winston Churchill was born here, and they had an exhibit about him in the courtyard that we were able to go to, which was very interesting. One of my main ... read more

Oxford as i have said previously is a fantastic little city. in the 5 days we have been here we have explored a fair bit of the city and done some very "oxford" activities indeed. as you would expect, oxford is full of history dating back a very long way (11-1200's i think, correct me if i'm wrong Chris) throughout the centuries many famous names have studied at the various colleges within the university; Bill Clinton, Bob Hawke, Tony Blaire, the list goes on. Wednesday: we visited Blenheim Palace today: the birthplace of Churchill and the home of the Duke of Marlborough. this is by far the most impressive building and place i have seen so far. it is enormous and stunning. words can't describe how amazing this place is. Thursday: The three of us trekked ... read more

On Sunday Adam and I embarked on a little day trip out of London, destination - Oxford. I'm not 100% sure it's what I expected. Essentially what you've got are all these buildings kind of in amongst just a small rural city. Hard to explain - The whole uni side of things, the buildings and history were impressive, but the town of Oxford aside from all of that, was somewhat lacking. I think from some of our pictures from the Carfax Tower you can see that too. But anyway, enough talking it down, I'll give you a run down on it all instead! We paid a whole bloody £1 for this little brochure that allowed us to do a self guided tour of the town. From the outside anyway. Unfortunately pretty much all the colleges like ... read more

Oxford is mainly a university town with 39 colleges making up the University of Oxford. It is known as the "city of dreaming spires" due to the beautiful architechture of the university buildings. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in english speaking language and has had many famous scholars in the past. The likes of Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland), T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia), J.R.R. Tolkein (Lord of the Rings) and a number of famous international political figures (including Bob Hawke) have all studied there. I visited many of the beautiful colleges whilst in Oxford with Christ Church College being my favourite. This college is where much of the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland comes from (apparently Lewis Carrol befriended the daughter of the Dean of Christ ... read more

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