The walk in the meadow on the way to The Trout Inn

What an amazing walk – miles of trees, wild blackberries, canal boats, cows and great company in

route to The Trout Inn .  We first run across fields of wild horses

Notice Matt veering off to pick wild blackberries

We were there hours sipping, talking, main meals, desserts – a feast to be had.

  

We were debating to walk home or ride the bus back into town – walking

it was – we ate way to much.

Then on to tour Oxford – walking by the amazing buildings, seeing the double decker buses, famous red phone booths and

the work of both Fi and Matt (Oxford University Press) This town is amazing with the history, all the colleges, the architecture.    

I will be throwing in lots of plants & flowers since one – I love them and two we are seeing so little life in Texas right now.

On to tour the college Fi went to – after touring the gardens we went into the dinning room and church.

 
Now in route back to their flat -      trying to capture some of the streets, doors, etc.

Sunday we woke up being a bit lazy relaxing and enjoying classical music & tea.  Matt decided we needed to

have a hearty breakfast of Huevos Rancheros.  Me not being an egg person I decided to give it a go -

and much to my surprise it was amazing.  Proof of before and after.  Shame on me for waiting so long -

and our journey begins across the pond -

Finally Ron and I headed to England to visit Matt & Fi.  Matt moved over to Oxford last January and we knew at some point soon we wanted to head that way.  A trip chalked full of first’s for us –  what a delight, joy and so much fun.  Treasured memories

We began by leaving here mid afternoon connecting in Houston for a long journey across the pond.  When we arrived we connected to the bus terminal that heads out to Oxford a journey of an hour plus.  It seem to pass like minutes since we were so excited to see our family and also to soak in all the “green”  yes, green.   Green pastures, green plants, green trees  etc.   For those of you in drought country you know what I mean. 

Matt meet us at the bus station and we headed to lunch, then to meet up with Fi and off to go Punting.

The next day we were off to London – our bus ride in was again full of amazing wonders.  We visited the London Eye

which allowed us to take in the city – The House of Parliament, Buckingham Palace - Big Ben -

 

 

 

 

We continued our walk along the River Thames – stopped at The Swan for a lovely beverage  onto Burroughs Market for lunch  -

the Tower Bridge was amazing HUGE

off on the bus back to Oxford and a another new day