Oxfordshire

I'm feeling a little lazy to write anything interesting about my stay in Oxford. I enjoyed it. I had a wonderful time and the weather was mostly great. Unfortunately, at the moment, a night/morning of partying in Berlin and the first day of actual pouring rain since I left Canada has me feeling a little melancholy and less then inspired. Plus, I just finished some pomme frites with mayo so I am in a bit of a post-grease trance. Anyways, here is the short version of some of the things I did while in Oxford:

~Did a free walking tour with a guide who had an amazing English accent.
~Learned a bit about Oxford Uni. and its colleges.
~Met a super cool Aussie pal, Bec, who I later met up with in London.
~Went on a BBQ with the hostel crew.
~Pet horses on the common land in the park along the Thames.
~Developed a new found love for Primark.
~Broke my most favourite leather sandals of the last 5 years and had to stumble back to the hostel with a hair elastic holding my shoe on.
~Fell even more in love with all things Jamie Oliver at his Italian restaurant.

 View from the top of Carfax tower.

 Oh HI Fred and Ginger!

 Common land park along the Thames.

 Because it was all common land anyone can put their animals on it. There were several herds of horses and cows just grazing in the park!

Christ Church College. Famous for something to do with Harry Potter....?

I also had a chance to visit the Village where my great grandfather grew up and where my great, great grandfather spent his whole life. The village is called Stonesfield. It is very small! I was able to track down the name of the street they lived on and wander along to the old church in search of my great, great grandparents graves. Unfortunately I was unable to find them. A lot of the grave plots were disintegrating so it was impossible to read them. It was inspiring to see where a quarter of my ancestry came from!