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It’s Saturday afternoon. Last night’s dinner at Moya was visually pleasing and delicious to eat, so I’ll subject you to some more food pictures. Skip them if they make you hungry.
Saturday morning was cloudy but it turned out, contrary to the forecast, to be a beautiful sunny day. Hi Ho has the day off. We walked and walked and rode the Hop On, Hop Off bus, and walked. We visited the combined Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum. FABULOUS place. A bit of everything: real dinosaur tracks outside, great dinosaur skeletons, a picture of Elaine with a secretary bird (her favorite bird from our safari in Kenya lo those many years ago), an indoor beehive with a glass escape tunnel for the bees to come and go, and so much more.
We had lunch at Pret a Manger (which, incidentally, has been sold to a Luxembourg investment group for £1.5 billion – Pret plans to give every employee of the huge chain £1,000 when the sale finalizes.). We had beers at the Chequers, a delightful old downtown pub. And we ventured around Magdalen College, one of the 30+ colleges that make up Oxford University. Magdalen has been educating students since 1458. Great tree in the yard planted in 1801. And we visited the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, the church of Oxford University since the 1200’s – great black and white stained glass windows. It was a long day.
OK, galleries galore to document the day! No captions today.
Oxford Rooftops
Pitt Rivers Museum & Museum of Natural History
Magdalen College of Oxford University
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin
Random Oxford Scenes
Dinner tonight will be at Cuttlefish, right across the street from Moya where we ate last night.
Oxford looks gorgeous, ranks up there as a fav, just behind Windsor. Your weather Hs been marvelous. Safe journey as you begin yours home.
Guarantee you will not be wearing sweaters when you get home. We will talk soon. Melanie and her partner won the Holland competition again. Greg sent the YouTube link to all. Safe travels. . .