It’s been a while since I’ve done travel blogs. The main reason is because they take a shitload of time. But since one of the goals of this blog is to bring my reading audience(stay-at-home-mums) with me to all the places I go along with how to do it, I will make the effort to document every trip…including Oxford, which I did in 2007. Yes, 2007…when Ron Paul had a strong chance of winning the election. My other goals are to inform other Londoners on how to take these trips and also so that some rich dude reads my delightful blogs and offers me 2 million quid in angel funding for transforming London Ninja into the next big travel portal. Not holding my breathe too hard for that, though.
How to get there?
There’s a very convenient coach that goes from London to Oxford in about 1-1.5 hours. It is probably the nicest coach I have been on with wifi and air conditioning and all that. Very frequent and convenient. Costs around 15 quid.
What to do?
1. Visit the Christ Church College
This is apparently one of the oldest and best known colleges in Oxford, with many famous alum like Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. It is set in a nice area and does make you ponder how the raising of capital gains tax, if not indexed to match an expected rising inflation rate, could deteriorate the rate of investment capital.
2. Visit Harry Potter’s lunch hall
Part of the Christ Church. This place is MAGIC. (See what I did there?)
3. Have a pint at the Turf Tavern
Highlight of the trip was here. You walk through this tiny alley to arrive at one of the top pubs in the country, sporting as many hand pulled bitters as there are cockroaches in a Tijuana taco joint (a plethora). Apparently this place used to be a brothel outside the city walls where the priests would go in the wee hours of the night(you can still see the old city walls next to it). I didn’t understand that…thought they just held “Sunday School”.
How much does it cost?
My first B&B experience, which was at a reasonable rate of ~60 quid, including a full English breakfast with over easy eggs, sausage, tomato, bacon(Canadian style), biscuits, and a shitload of tea. Bus ride is 15 quid as mentioned above. Everything else is just the standard UK bloody expensive…
Verdict: 3 / 5 Ninjas. Good weekend trip..Worth of 1-2 days of fun.
Expat Em says 9th May @ 10:33
Shame you hadn’t seen The Golden Compass immediately before going, as I had. I spent most of my trip pointing to stone walls and talking about daemons.