Oxford and Warwick

My poor old blog has been left to its own devices for far to long and now that we are borrowing Internet at home for the next week or so I thought it was time to let everyone know what has been happening in not so sunny London.

Last weekend was a bank holiday or long weekend for May Day. I took full advantage of this fact and planned a trip to Oxford to visit the fabulous Georgi and Anthony. Armed with an 8 pound return train ticket (An absolute bargain) I got on the train on Friday night and sped my way to Oxford. Little was I to know it was the beginning of an amazing boozy weekend.

I was met at the station and chauffeured (that's right Ants get to use the work car sometimes) to the pub where CS Lewis and Tolkien used to go to drink and chat with the 'inklings.' Yep that's right very very cool, also very small. Then we had a fab Japanese dinner. I knew this weekend was going to be great.

On Saturday Georgi played tour guide and took me around all of oxford. The architecture is absolutely beautiful. We of course broke up the day with many visits to the pub. We even had lunch at this cool cafe (it was almost like being at home) in the undercover market.

Sunday and we ventured out to Woodstock to see Blenheim Palace. I was inspired to talk like a rich toff in a very bad upper class English accent for most of the day which Georgi bless her put up with like a trooper. We paid to go into the Palace grounds and we watched a falconry and jousting show which was actually really funny.

That night after a quick pint at the pub Georgi and I went to visit her locals at the Half Moon, there was music and hilarity from everyone packed into the pub. It was great. Georgi sang some songs and we listened to some amazing music. I was obsessed with watching the fiddle (violin) players fingers as they moved so so fast.

We woke up Monday morning and it was pissing down with rain, underterred we travelled to Warwick Castle with Anthony (who had to work the whole weekend). Looking for sustenance we headed to the pub for breakfast yep that's right breakfast. We ate the biggest sausage and bacon sarni's I have ever seen they were sooooo good.

Warwick Castle proved to be fabulous as well, some parts a little touristy but mostly very cool. I was disappointed the trebuchet was out of action, but I have bought a return ticket so i can go back. I took heaps and heaps of photos.

I absolutely loved Oxford, dashing young studious types running around in academic robes, a million old pubs, space and meadows, it is much more laid back than London. Much more like home.

So when I go back I will have to go punting and to see heaps of the other things that Oxford has to offer. Thanks Georgi and Ants