My English Memories: Oxford, Oxford, England

A long time ago…well, it was more than fifteen years ago to be precise, I spent a Valentine’s day in Oxford, England. It sounds like an opening of a love story, doesn’t it? And it was a love story at the time. To add to the romantic feeling of it all, it’d snowed a few days before so there was still some snow left on the ground on our way to Oxford. Suffice to say, the snow only added to the omnipresent magic of that Valentine’s day trip.

I didn’t have a fixed plan of things to do and see or a tight sightseeing plan for our day in Oxford. We strolled around and had some food and I took a bunch of photos. This happened before my blogging days but back then I wrote a travel journal so I do have concrete notes about this very special Valentine’s day day trip to Oxford.

Oxford is a small town famous for its old university, much like Cambridge. Since I’ve already visited Cambridge a few times before going to Oxford it was hard not to make any comparisons between these two illustrious cities. Nevertheless, Oxford lived up to its grand reputation. I fell in love with Oxford as expected.

There were a lot of people around Oxford. Tourists, students in their old-fashioned robes, locals. Almost everyone was on their bicycles. The most important sights in Oxford are practically all in one place. We first visited the magnificent Radcliffe camera which is the reading room of the Bodleian library. Right around the corner is the famous Bridge of sighs which looks like a replica of its namesake Venetian bridge sans the sea under it. There is also the striking Sheldonian theater. I felt like I stepped into a book or a movie recognizing all those iconic sights from reading about it/seeing it on the telly. There’s so much to marvel at in Oxford. I wish I studied in Oxford (or in Cambridge)! What an incredible experience that must be! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).