Well, I have hit the jackpot as my hostel in Oxford has free unlimited Internet. So I’ve put some photos up of the last week or so. I’ll try to add the rest to Facebook tomorrow.
I left Liverpool early this morning after feasting on my roast chicken and veggies last night. I ate it all in about five minutes flat, including the cabbage. Oh, yum. I liked Liverpool, but probably saw it a year too early as most of the city is under construction for next year, when Liverpool will be the EU’s City of Culture 2008. Construction cranes were everywhere, and most of the main roads were blocked off. It looks like they cleaned up Manchester, now halfway through Liverpool, and here’s hoping they move on to Glasgow next.
I haven’t seen much of Oxford yet, but the first thing that hit me is nobody drives around here. The town is a picture of fitness, everyone either was riding their bike around or walking (or running, proudly displaying their Oxford University windcheaters). There was even a group of old men in tuxes walking down the main road. Except for the aforementioned old men, everyone seems to wear a uniform of a collared shirt, trousers and sensible shoes. In pastels.
It’s like Duloc in Shrek. I must have looked a sight getting off the bus struggling under the weight of my backpack that has only started to feel heavy since Glasgow. I still haven’t gotten over Glasgow.
Tomorrow I’m off to do some serious outlet shopping, yet probably won’t be able to fit anything in the backpack. I really need a name for that backpack, as it seems to me that it has a personality of its own. Anybody have any ideas?
Old Trafford. See, not big, and definitely not old.
The entrance to The Beatles Story. Unfortunately we couldn’t take photos or I would have snapped away.
I think you should simply call your backpack ‘the beast.’ Yeh?
That pic at the Harry Potter castle looks exactly like the movie! – Well, I know it’s supposed to as it WAS the castle, but if I look really hard I can see the brooms! Ok maybe Im excited so what?!
And the canon comment? Thats something ID say Caity! Dont get any ideas about Oxford either.. melb uni needs you to finish that degree at MELB UNI!
I vote for the ‘beast’ too!
Cabbage, vegetarian haggis, next it will be tomatoes !!!
I’m not sure about “the beast”, I think it needs to be a little feminine, like “the beastess” or “the beastette”. Hard to visualise a name when I don’t know its personality traits you are experiencing with it.
I hope you got a picture of the pastel set.
Gee you aren’t a big fan of Glasgow are you, I’m thinking Glasgow is on par with the drake.
Oh do enjoy the shopping… all those cricket grounds don’t impress me much, but the outlet mall… sooooo jealous
Enjoy !
Your photos are great-and you are looking fantastic Caitlin. Magpie Groupie is doing well, and we have our regular chats about your blog updates. Though, not that we didn’t believe there was such a thing, but, we had to check the authenticity of ‘vegetarian haggis’ with a genuine Scotsperson. Apparently such a thing is in existance! Yuk!