We have had the best time staying with Jill's parents in Long Whittenham in their beautiful 235 year old home.
The first day we went to Oxford and learned that Oxford in fact is not just one college but is rather many colleges within the town of Oxford. We wandered through shops and enjoyed hanging out in some old pubs. The buildings had our mouths hanging wide open due to the intricate designs.
Our second adventure took us to Bath- yes there are Roman baths in England, who knew?! We toured the ancient bath house built during the Roman conquest on a natural hot spring. The bath house served several purposes including bathing, social activities, and pagan worship. We enjoyed a stop at Sally Lunn's Buns and ate a scrumpdilliumptious breakfast from a recipe dating to the 1600s.
Our third day was spent in poshe London. (We kept hearing that word although I'm still not clear on the actual definition of the word. )We were able to see the Royal Crown Jewels at London tower and learn a little bit of England's dark history.
We went back to Oxford for our fourth day and took a tour of the Bodlian library (where Harry Potter was filmed). Apparently Oxford has 11.5 million books and they receive 5,000 new books, articles, and magazines each week! IWe also took a tour of Christ Church College (as our tour guide Kevin called it "Jesus college.")
Our last full day was spent at Blenheim Palace where the current Duke and his wife reside. Winston Churchill was also born there. We caught up on our history lessons and tried to follow the royal family lines throughout our tour there.
As you can see we have mastered the art of packing light.
Now we are in sunny Madrid.
I like your packing light picture. I can't help but wonder how many times you had to shoot the picture to get everybody sync'd up right or if you just knelt on the ground and photoshopped it in.
ReplyDeleteAnd, if you had trouble with that statue in London, you'll probably want to stay away from Florence. ;-)
Well you were treated like royalty in England with Jill’s parent while experiencing the Great Britain Royalty!!! Sounds like the sights you visited were fascinating and also a little “eye opening”. It’s good you’re not going to Paris -The Louve Art Museum is filled with paintings that are “QUITE” revealing. Italy too!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved all you foursome photo’s especially the red phone booths and traveling light! Yes, the architecture is amazing – nothing like that in the good ol’ USA! Twyla, you and I think alike – I loved all the history too, when we traveled!!! Keep having fun and enjoy Madrid!!!
Note: I am trying the restrain my comments length! :-)