Day 3: Tuesday began with pastries, coffee and hot chocolate across the street and a walk along Hyde Park to catch the bus to Oxford. We found that some of the most elite car dealers are along Park Lane next to the park – including Pagani, an exotic machine that isn’t imported into the US, so even Eric’s sightings of the car are rare.

We rode the Oxford Tube (which contrary to its name is a bus not a subway) to the city of Oxford, enjoying the view from the second level of the bus and taking advantage of free wifi to get caught up on things at home. Once in town we had an hour to kill before our campus tour, so we visited the Covered Market and a bookstore. About the time our tour started the rain began to fall, and it continued off and on for the rest of the day.

Rainy Oxford Tour

Students in Exam Dress

Oxford is a beautiful campus, divided in to colleges for living and learning. Most students that we saw were in their exam uniforms – white shirts and ties with black cloaks and a carnation on the lapel designating by color how far through exams the student is.

I’m sure there is much more to the city of Oxford than we saw, but it very much had the feel of a college town to it.

Oxford student crossing his quad in the rain

Kevin and Eric, getting partial shelter from the rain during the tour

The Oxford Electric Compnay