Kendle & Meaghan came up on Friday, around 1pm. We walked for a bit, saw Christ Church, the Botanical Gardens, St Mary the Virgin and then walked back to my house along the Thames River. Check out some pictures from our weekend!
The girls had their packs, so it was short tour on Friday. We made some supper and headed out for the night to the city centre to check out a few pubs. We went to 2 - Checkers and Turf Tavern...both very old and full of character. Sitting in the Turf Tavern was very cool, it actually felt like we were back in the 1600s. I can't really even describe it, you would just have to be actually in the atmosphere.
On Saturday I took the girls to the Oxford Castle Mound. It costs a pound to climb it, but its worth it. Its the cheapest way to view the city.
After that we toured around to Broad Street, saw The White Horse pub and Blackwell's Bookshop (2 historic staples in Oxford).
We then continued our tour to New College Lane, Holywell Street, Catte Street and High Street and found the following sites: Radcliffe Camera, St Mary the Virgin University, All Souls College, Bridge of Sighs, and the Sheldonian Theatre.
A lot of the buildings in Oxford are centuries old. As you can see, people were MUCH smaller than they are now - and some of the houses are quite crooked.
Something very cool I wanted to make a special note of, was this picture below of the chalk board. It was on display in the Museum. Einstein actually wrote that problem out on the board when he was invited to Oxford - how neat is that!
Have a great Sunday evening.
Much love! xo
