Well, we had a long trip. 2 planes, a long underground walk to the bus depot at the airport, a 1 hour bus ride, a taxi to the astronomy building in Oxford, alot of meeting people and chatting and then a ride to our rented flat from one of the faculty and 26 hours into our journey we could finally sleep. They've rented a studio flat for us and it's divided into 4 rooms, as pictured below. The bathroom, bedroom and kitchen all meet in the hall/entranceway "room". It's much nicer than we expected to get and it's great to be able to cook.
It's also in a nice neighbourhood (though I haven't seen any bad neighbourhoods in Oxford so far) and a 40 minute walk to the astro building. The Oxford campus is scatered all throughout town, the Mary Magdalene campus is 1/2 a block away and Christ Church Cathedral starts about 2 blocks the other way from us.
The city centre is a 20 minute walk away (on the way to campus), but there is also a busy shop filled road 2 blocks away where we've found gracery stores and a park for Bronson.
We slept from about 6pm until about noon the next day (waking often as Bronson woke often) and then we went to Tesco's (think Safeway) and did a base shop. Matt went to the school and after a short nap B and I walked around the area of the flat, ending with a nice long play at the park. The area we're in is separated from downtown by a river. B and I did not venture across the bridge today, but probably we'll head that way tomorrow.
the bedroom
The view from the bedroom window
The kitchen
View from the kitchen window
Bathroom
Bronson - happy to have a home away from home
Other things that I've noticed - all the elevators here say "door opening" and "door closing" in a female voice with a brit accent, people use the word "lovely" quite often around here, Things are so old and so crowded, there are cemetery plots everywhere, their cheddar cheese is white, they still carry cocoa puffs here, EVERYBODY takes tea time, people don't drive in Oxford, they walk (and a short walk is considered 40 mins), best of all there are many different types of chocolate covered digestive cookies (McVities) and I will report back on which is best. :)
4 comments:
Your flat is bigger than my house! I can't wait to see more pictures and stories!
Love,
Aunty Teri
Thanks for keeping us all in the loop - I always feel much better seeing where you are living. Looks nice! Happy bridge crossings, church visitings, etc. love Mom Val
"lovely" And by the way I have made white cheddar, it is just colouring anyway.
Can you post some pictures showing the floodwater outside the kitchen window?
Post a Comment