Oxford England


Our first real stop in country was Oxford, a beautiful city made famous by its superlative university system.

While in Oxford we stayed at their home of our friends Deborah and Chris Terry.  They live just a scant 1 mile from the center of the city, which made getting around a real breeze.

Oxford is a walking town.  It has to be because people can't afford to drive. A single gallon of gas (a.k.a. petrol) costs a staggering $4.25!  We have no room to bitch at the price we pay for fuel..

Our first day in country was spent seeing the sites we missed on our trip here two years ago.  The main site we saw was Christ Church College.

Christ's Church has been made famous in recent days as being one of the chief shooting locations for the Harry Potter films.

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Christ Church College
     
The River Thames and Oxford Center City

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Oxford England


But the main reason for our trip was to celebrate the 50th birthday of our friend Chris Terry.  In actuality, his birthday was a shared event with his friend and cricket buddy Paul. 

Both Deborah and Paul's wife Ros, got together and planned this bash at Lains Barn, for about 200 of just their closest friends. 

Replete with incredible food and massive amounts of wine, we danced our asses off till the wee hours of the morning, to the sounds of an incredible, 9-piece "classic rock" cover band.

Drunk and completely exhausted, we made it back to our warm Oxfordian bed.  A good night's sleep was what the doctor ordered but instead we were greeted at dawn's early light by the cheerful tones of our birthday boy.  At least he came bearing refreshment... a pot of hot, steaming coffee.

I must have had a good time at the party because it took a half dozen aspirin and a 30 minute hot shower to return me to a state of humanity.

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