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Saturday, July 13, 2024

Oxford


Christ Church Meadow, on a ridiculously beautiful summer afternoon. I think that's the cathedral in the background, but I will have to verify at a later time when I am in less of a stupor.

I got to Oxford yesterday afternoon, after a mercifully drama-free flight, and I had booked a private transfer from the airport instead of taking the bus-plus-taxi or two-trains-plus-taxi that getting to Oxford from Heathrow would otherwise have required. (It was surprisingly reasonable, but the convenience and comfort of having someone simply pick me up outside customs and drive me to my hotel after an overnight flight would have been worth a lot more than I paid.)

I walked much farther than I should have yesterday afternoon but I kept being lured on by yet another interesting building or park or bridge ahead, until I was an exhausted, aching mess. I'm planning to take it easy today. I'm here for three weeks. I will have time to look around.

Although I can tell already that you could live here for years and never see it all.

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