Marc's Public Blog - Trips to other locations

Oxford is a bit more difficult to visit due to crowding and some places that require advance tickets. I got to see the now so called Harry Potter library, got to see most everything else, except the main Oxford College as it is a bit out of the way, and as luck would have it, it requires pre-booked tickets that sold out that day, bummer...

Morning train arriving at 09:15 is early enough to drop luggage for the day if needed, and visit the first sights around 09:30 and get hard to get tickets before they sell out:

Nice botanical garden:

Then back to colleges:

At least got tickets for the Bodleain libary:

The history of science museum was a nice little one where Einstein gave a lecture:

And they had this really big book store:

The college natural history museum was really good:

The Ashmolean Museum was also huge, lots to see:

And after getting screwed with not being able to visit Christchurch college, it was time to take a train back to London

Bristol might not be your absolute first destination in the UK, but it does have a few museums, including the Aerospace Museum with its great Concorde display:

There is a maritime musem where one large ship for the times, was built:

And dinner in the hotel to finish the day:

Last time I was in Bath was long enough ago that I didn't have any camera, and I don't remember what I saw or not ;)

So good reason to go back. The roman baths audioguide tour was quite good:

The cathedral next door was nice and offered a tower tour, which showed the bells and clock:

A few local museums, including one on Frankenstein ;)

And the famous circus and the royal crescent: