Who Gives a F--- About an Oxford Comma

Come on people, work with me - Vampire Weekend......Oxford Comma.....No?

Anyway, we went to Oxford for the day. You can take the train, but we chose the bus (strangely called the Oxford Tube) because is is cheap and takes less than 2 hours. So what can I say about Oxford...... Everything is old, really old, the place is littered with ancientness. There are buildings there from the 11th century. Freaking awesome.

Unfortunately, our guide book was a piece of crap so I didn't fully appreciate all the lovely, old buildings. Next time, I am signing up for a walking tour so I know what the hell I am looking at.

The Radcliffe Camera, anyone know why it is called a "Camera"? Must Google.

In front of a gorgeous museum.

And yet another gorgeous church.

We did a guided tour of the Oxford Castle, which isn't really a castle but was mostly used as a jail. There was lots of talk of excrement and experimentation on live prisioners and dissection of dead prisoners. OK there were a few 3 year olds in the group who asked a lot of questions of their very nervous looking mom during the gross parts.Poor mom didn't know what to say.

You could actually lock someone in this, I did NOT let Dave even touch that lock.

We also wandered down (completely on accident) to Christ Church college, where scenes from Harry Potter were filmed - AWESOME. You had to pay £6 to get into the place, but I'd say it was worth it.

GRYFFINDOR!

The next day, we went took a ride through Hyde Park then along the Regent's Canal. I couldn't find a map worth a damn, the one on the right there is OK, but is generally still shitty. Our route varied from the canal a bit on account of Mexican food (found at Camden Markets) and RAIN.

Yup - RAIN, see that furthest point there in yellow on the right side of the aerial photo below, about as far as one can get from our house, that is where it started to rain. Luckily, you cannot swing a dead cat in this town without finding a pub. Beer and oysters for us!

Our ride started at the restored Victoria and Albert fountains in Hyde Park, which Albert had built as an expression of love for Victoria. The restoration of the fountains was just completed in time for the Olympics.

Romantic Victoria and Albert fountains, Dave looks thrilled.

Dave and his wee bike along the Regent's Canal anal.

More riding!

Almost home, great day in London.