16 September 2009
Oxford
Went to Oxford on the train today. Its about an hour west of London and you have to change trains at Reading. The trains were fast and perfectly on time again.
Oxford is a large university city with many old buildings, however they charge you to get into them all, and I wasnt about to pay to see the inside of a church.
It would seem its also a city for tourists who want to go shopping, but these days its just the same stores as you find in london, it is a bit weird seeing subway and mcdonalds inside buildings that look like castles.
The train station at oxford, note the thousands of bikes, you can see bikes in large numbers around lots of stations, even in london.
A market, the meat on show out in the open unrefrigerated is something you wouldnt see in Australia.
The high street.
The christ church.
More christ, there was no wood that I could see.
Artistic photo.
Cobble stones, watching someone ride a bike over them is amusing.
Bad photo of me.
Some other impressive old building.
The historic covered market, it smelt of rotten fish.
The town cryer.
You see dogs everywhere in london, in malls like this, on the train, not dogs for blind folks, just regular dogs.
My lunch, a burrito from the mission that was delicious, the hot sauce was actually hot, yes I went to historic oxford and had mexican food.
You can rent a small boat such as this, and then im not sure what.
In the centre of town theres large open areas that no one uses for anything useful such as this one, theres lots of signs telling you to keep off the grass.
The oxford castle, seems to be some sort of theme park with a ghost train and flashing lights and hosts a rave on the weekends.
I think I spotted a nuclear power plant.