Monday, July 18, 2011

Photos of Oxford

I've been getting behind on my writing here, mostly because my life has become a giant circle of writing elsewhere. But now, safely home and ensconced in fruit harvesting during spare time, I would like to devote a few more posts to travels, and what we've been doing with our summer. Some of the upcoming posts I (mostly) wrote during the event, but I was away from internet or didn't bother finishing, and so I will clean it up and post soon. Some posts I need to start from scratch. This post must be written from scratch. However, as I am a bit tired of writing, because my life is a giant circle of writing elsewhere, I will save on writing by posting photos.

Let me remind the reader that we were in England this summer for two weeks, May 27 through June 10. I worked from 6am to 3pm, with a break for breakfast. Tim worked from 3pm until midnight. Jonathan played and toured from about 8am until 6pm. We managed for two weeks. And ended up with many photos of Jonathan. Here are a few highlights.

1. Atop Carfax tower, for a view of the City Centre.


2. In Oxford Castle, recently a prison.



3. Outside Oxford Castle.


4. Bramley apple crepes.


5. Punting boats on the Cherwell.

6. Sheldonian theatre.


7. Mind the nettles.


8. Boat trip on the Thames.


9. Chocolate cake at the cafe outside St. Mary's Church.


10. Climbing into the tower, built 1280 AD, of St Mary's Church.


11. View from the top.



12. Magdalen College interior, with map.


13. Addison's walk.

14. Fellow's garden, contemplative.





15. Magdalen college.

16. The punting dance, 1, 2, 3.




17. Pasty (rhymes with nasty) on Cornmarket street.

18. Behind Christ Church College, near meadows.


The end. For now.

3 comments:

Letterpress said...

Fun to see your Oxford through the eyes of a child/tourist. Hope you had a great time visiting the old haunts.

Thora said...

I love all of the jackets in the pictures. Although I could deal with some of England's coldness now. I'm amazed that with your crazy schedule, you were able to get Jonathon out sightseeing so much. It would be nice to go back and visit someday - Avram and I say our fifteenth anniversary, but now we have new dedication to go to Jerusalem.

Malcolm Purcell said...

Such a fun trip. Jonathan looks like he had a great time. Hope you and Tim did too.

Kris