Quick update from Oxford...we've completed the Spain (Sevilla, Madrid, Barcelona) and France (Carcassonne, Vaison-la-Romaine, Sur-la-Sorgue, Nice, Monaco, Paris) portions of the trip. We switched up some plans for the end of Nice, cut a day, to have part of a day in Paris. Then caught an over-nighter bus to London (painful as the ferry required waking up numerous times throughout the night) and then caught a bus out to Oxford. P has checked into her program that kicked off today. It's been cool to explore here and check out the campus/town of a school that was started in ~1250 A.D.
I'm planning on picking up a Brit Explorer 14 day bus pass and heading up to Edinburgh tomorrow, taking the next 14 days to travel around Scotland and Northern England.
In general it's been a great trip...definitely appreciate being back in English-speaking areas again. :)
Posted by Jeremy Showalter at July 3, 2006 06:46 AMSounds like a blast. Let me know when you're home; I want to send you something.
Posted by: Evil Jacob at July 3, 2006 07:50 AMWow, sounds great. I'm more than a little jealous. ;)
If you're into the castle thing, don't forget to check out Warwick and the Tower of London. If you're into the WW2 stuff, check out the HMS Belfast and Churchill's Bunker. Stratford Upon Avon is okay, but a bit overblown.
I visiting all of them when I was there... ye gods, 5+ years ago!
Posted by: Keith Casey at July 5, 2006 05:31 PMThanks for the comments. Evil I'll be back in late July.
Keith, will be in London for four days toward the end of the month.
Posted by: Jeremy Showalter at July 8, 2006 09:58 AM