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July 17, 2010
 

Oxford & Reading

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    Checkin at Paddington Station
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      Today we went on an adventure to Oxford, we jumped on a train at Paddington and arrived nice and early.

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    Checkin at Oxford
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      Oxford which felt a lot like St. Andrews and there were groups of Italian school children everywhere!

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      We walked down the high street, which had the same shops as any other high street but the buildings were all fancy and old.

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      We went for a wander around the university, which had lots of lovely cobbled streets.

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      We sat next to the canal for a while and watched the rowers practicing.

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    Checkin at Alice's Shop
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      There was also an @[96787126667:Alice in Wonderland] shop filled with all things Alice. I was tempted by a pocket watch but just ended up getting @[512391479:Miquette Breitenbach] a rubber for her collection.

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    Checkin at Oxford Covered Market
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      We had a look through the covered market which was filled with pretty little shops covered in fairy lights.

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    We explored the tiny cobbled streets which felt like they were out of Harry Potter.

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    Checkin at The Oxford Botanic Garden
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      We walked down to the Botanical Gardens but decided not to go in, as we wanted to look around the rest of the city.

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    Checkin at Half Moon
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      We went for a drink in the Half Moon where we found a huge pile of the @[689357528:Ocelot Mag].

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      It turns out that @[504734517:Norman Tallman] wasn’t lying about having a magazine in Oxford and he’s not lying about having a fiance in Canada either.

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      We then had lunch in a church which had been converted in to a bar.

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    We then went for a walk along the canal. On the way we saw a man jump over a wall while being chased by the police.

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    The baby ducks were really friendly and came out of the water to see us.

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    There were also cats living on the canal boats, which they didn’t seem too happy about.

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    There was an awesome tree stump seat covered in bottle caps.

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    Tom hates the Oxford Tube for being a lie.

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    Checkin at Reading
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      We then headed to Reading, where we were disappointed to find out that the exciting sounding Oracle was just a shopping centre.

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      We went for a drink in a pub which brews it’s on beer on site before heading back to London.

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    Checkin at Daniela's Lounge
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      We stopped in to Daniela's Lounge for a coffee and the most amazing brownie on our walk home.

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    Checkin at The Oxford Botanic Garden
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