Guest writer: Genuinely sad to leave London after what had been a wonderful week, had forgotten how nice it was to have nothing to do, but everything to see. The train was simple after a minor ticketing challenge and we arrived in Oxford mid morning. After dropping off our bags, the most important thing to find? Coffee - enter Society Cafe, almost Australian quality coffee, decent wifi and a cinnamon bun thumbs up emoji.
Oxford was one of my favourite spots travelling with Jarrid many years ago and I had been really keen to see if that was rose coloured glasses and for Steph to see it for the first time. As a start, we began just wandering. We meandered the old town, found our way down to the Thames, and along to Port meadow, the cute punts and river boats were excellent, the river better, the vibes another level all together.
We wandered back into the “city” and found ourselves at the entrance to the Sheldonian (awkwardly I claimed this to be the Radcliffe camera :/) Anyway at low cost we scaled the stairs to the cupola above and were rewarded with stunning views across the old colleges, churches and the actual Radcliffe camera!
Thinking we had probably missed the opportunity to steal a glance into one of the colleges we made our way back towards our hotel to prepare for dinner only to discover that Balliol was open till 5 and it was 4:45.. sneak in for a cheeky glance? Even more! The desk was manned till 7 and he was in a jovial mood; hang around and enjoy the grounds he said.. perfect. The hall where they filmed Harry Potter was delightful as were the lawns where we lay in the sun for 20 minutes just enjoying being with each other :)
For dinner we made our way to Kasbah a.. middle eastern, fusion? restaurant where we over ordered, but the food was good, the wine adequate and the company excellent :)
