Saturday in Oxford

Now that we have a car we can do a bit of touring around so this Saturday we drove to Oxford for the day. We have friends that we had met through home exchange correspondence, Beatrice and Richard, and they were kind enough to invite us over for a visit to their home in the town. We took far longer than we expected to drive there due to a number of wrong turns on roundabouts, but finally made it to their house and were treated to a very nice English breakfast.

 Then it was  a few hours in the town including a climb up St. Mary's church tower for an amazing view of the place. There is a lot to see and our few hours of course did not do it justice, we didn't have enough time to go to the museums, but it was a beautiful day so it was full with just wandering around gaping at stuff. The bells in Christchurch were pealing out for some reason, and it added to the flavor of the place. It was quite crowded, full of people milling about and going in the shops but what would you expect on a sunny Saturday afternoon 

After our hosts collected us they took us out for a drink at The Trout, a very charming pub on the banks of the river, sometimes seen in the show "Inspector Morse"

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Beatrice and Richard  and their dear little kitty Kiwi then had us for a very nice dinner and a great evening of hospitality. 

We ended up leaving well after dark and had a bit of a time with the car going home as the instrument panel was so darn bright I could barely see the road. We tried to find the button to dim it but no no avail. So I just drove much slower than normal and thankfully we made it home in one piece.