Oxford City Walking

Place: Oxford, England
Route: London - Oxford - London
Date(s) of Travel: July 24, 2011

You can read more about the place(s) here: Oxford, England

My Experience:

1. Since the weather forecasts showed that it would be a sunny sunday, myself and my friend kiran decided to go to oxford. The plan was to just walk the city whole day and see as much places as we can. As usual, I was late and we reached oxford only by 11 AM. Almost close to lunch, so kiran was bit angry for waiting in the london paddington for about an hour.

2. Kiran had a city map and we stared following a trail which covers few castles, parks and some colleges. The whole city is full of colleges and all of them wore a medieval look and carrying the traditional english culture. There were students everywhere and all of them carrying a smile no matter what. It was nice to see lot of people enjoying the city.

3. The main thing is, the colleges are open for public and you can visit all the facilities inside for a small charge. When you visit residential dorms, there were students reading, surfing, debating on something. The gardens inside colleges are quite big and well maintained. If you are interested, you can take a nap under the big trees. I met a girl from spain studying summer course in one of the colleges and enquired her what is the fees for a 45 days course. She told me the fees is 5000 GBP. (oh my god that amount is bigger than what I have spent my whole education).

4. We went to Ashmolean museum in the city center. It was quite good and you can very well spend a whole day if you can appreciate cultures and traditions of different countries. Ofcourse, I don't have any artistic appreciation so finished seeing the museum in less than 2 hours.

5. There are some residential boarding schools for boys and girls and they told me only english upper class can afford education over there. The girls are so tall and damn hot. Some schools even have their own private lakes for rowing practise.

6. Finally, went to a big cathedral which was quite good and some people were practising choir. Very nice. There are quite a few colleges where they told us that Harry potter pictures were filmed. I ain't watched a single Harry potter movie, so din't give a damn about it.

Thought of Day: To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. - Freya Stark