Jolly old England

Last week we got to revisit the UK.  We had so been looking forward to this trip.  One of the things we miss the most about the states is Friday night.  We always spent Friday night out with our friends.  Although we wouldn't be able to hang out with our besties, we could at least afford to eat out!

We started in Oxford.  There is a spallation source nearby, and I had work on Monday and Tuesday.  It allowed Chris time to wander around the quaint little town.  Our B&B was about a one minute walk from the Thames River and about a 15 minute walk from the city center.

The Thames River

The Oxford Castle

Chris toured the Oxford Castle on his first day there.  It was at some point turned into a prison, and it was extremely brutal.  Pre-America Europe was quite different from the Europe it has become today.  In those days they didn't take care of their people at all and stealing a dead animal to feed a starving child was punishable by 7 years of hard labor, no matter the age of the offender.

A view of the city