A Lady in London

Yesterday I took a day trip from London to Oxford to visit a friend that is studying there. It was my second trip to Oxford to see her (the last one being in the midst of a terrible snowstorm in 2003), so we had time to enjoy the town without feeling pressured to see and do everything.

She picked me up from the train station and took me on a ‘private’ guided tour of Brasenose College. Even with all of the historic architecture in London, I couldn’t help but be amazed at how beautiful the Oxford University buildings were.

We walked through the courtyard of the college, peeked into the library, and interrupted some sort of luncheon in the dining hall before heading over to one of Oxford’s busy pedestrian streets for a leisurely lunch.

After lunch we had tea in her residence hall and then went for a walk through a nearby park. The air was chilly, but a cluster of friendly daffodils gave us some hope of warmer weather to come.

We wandered from the park to the Eagle and Child Pub (referred to by locals as the Bird and Baby or the Fowl and Fetus) and then spent awhile looking through Greek statuary, Egyptian amulets, and European paintings at The Ashmolean, an art and archeology museum.

In the late afternoon we escaped the cold by doing a little shopping and having more tea, and then I headed back to London at 6:30pm. I wish I could have stayed longer, but it’s nice to know that taking a day trip from London to Oxford is easy. I’m sure I will be back again soon.