We're loving Oxford after 10 days here. Beautiful, ancient buildings, gorgeous architecture, a castle in the middle of downtown, tons of restaurants of every ethnicity (thank goodness -bangers & mash got old right away). Oxford University is impressive with 36 separate and very distinct colleges some dating back to the 1300s - boasting alumni such as J. R. Tolkein, C.S. Lewis, Sir Alexander Fleming who invented penicillin, along with 16 Prime Ministers of the UK.
Our 2 bedroom apartment is tiny, but cute and bright with a nice new kitchen. It's in a cool area of Oxford called Jericho (tiny streets with shops, pubs, cafes, etc.) and walking distance to most everything. Laura loved her bedroom right away, especially once we embellished it with beautiful heart stickers and a high school musical blanket (thanks again Sydney, Camille, Janice & Len).
Laura started swim lessons right away this week, and starts school at St. Barnabas Primary on Sept. 3rd. We still know very little about the details, but just found out from a Mom at swim class that hers is one of few schools here that has no uniform. That was a shocker.
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