Oxford

So two posts in one day - I hope you're not sick of me yet! This entry will be much shorter than Paris', I promise. Just a quick re-cap of our more relaxing day in Oxford.

The day started with a bit of panic, unfortunately. We were planning to take a train from Paddington to Heathrow and needed to validate online tickets. Unfortunately, the machine didn't read my credit card and we had to wait in line - with 6 minutes until our train left. We were cutting it close. We somehow managed to get tickets and dash to our platform, getting on the train just in time. I was amazed! We then had a short ride to Oxford. When we got there, we decided to walk around and get some info and pamphlets first. We first went into this enclosed market that had some very fun stores and food vendors. It was a neat little find. After that, the second stop was Christ Church. It was incredible! We were sad that we couldn't see the dining hall (where scenes from Harry Potter were filmed), but everything else was so gorgeous. We got to walk around a meadow and canal by the church, which was so pretty since the daffodils just bloomed. After that, we did more walking and got to Blackwell's Bookstore. What a great bookstore! We could have been there for hours. We also explored different parts of Oxford University (which is broken up into 39 separate schools) and the city itself. I bet it's even more beautiful when everything is in full bloom. We saw a couple different schools, all very quaint and pretty. Unfortunately, most places began to close after that, so we headed to an Italian placed called Zizzi for an early dinner. Then, we headed to the train station to see if we could change our tickets for slightly earlier ones. It wasn't allowed, so we spent a bit of time at this magazine/book/convenience store. We found some very fun things to read and amused ourselves greatly just reading exerpts from books. After that, we headed on a train back to London.

After coming back, Katherine and I headed to our little neighborhood pub, Warwick Castle. We just hung around and talked for a while. It was nice. Now, I am just finishing up blogging so we can head to sleep and have a crazy last day in London tomorrow. It should be fun!