London - Oxford

One of the day trips we took was to Oxford. It was about an hour's train ride away from London. Almost from the moment we stepped off the train we knew we would love it there! The village is so quaint and charming. There are adorable shops and restaurants all along the streets. One of the things that surprised us was that all of the colleges at Oxford University are walled in and gated so that outside visitors cannot just wander onto the campus. Some of them were completely closed, but we went onto Christ's Church and Magdalen College's campuses (see Magdalen College pictures below). You can see the beautiful architecture of both the village buildings and the colleges in these first two pictures.




One of the greatest thrills for me and Paul was visiting The Eagle and Child pub where CS Lewis used to have weekly meetings with JRR Tolkien and other writers and teachers of the day. They have a huge wall display commemorating the meetings of "The Inklings," as they were known.