Oxford

Today's day out was to Oxford, a beautiful university city only about 40 minutes away from Marlow. C.S Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien both attended university there and Charles Darwin first presented his 'Theory of Evolution" there too so it is certainly steeped in tradition and heavily laden in history.

We drove there and went straight to the Museum which is a true 'kid-friendly' museum. Everything says "PLEASE TOUCH" instead of please DON'T touch! Dylan and Abi thought it was fantastic! We spent about an hour looking at the main part of the museum then went into the section which is a huge collection from one guy - an extremely wealthy and adventurous philanthropist who went all over the world locating and collecting items from all civilizations. Equipped with torches for the darker corners, we explored ancient artefacts from every corner of the earth, including a mummy from Egypt!

We then set off on a walk (after a bite of lunch) to see more of the city. We saw the bridge of sighs (exactly the same as the one in Venice). We looked around some of the universities briefly and went through the markets, where we found a fantastic cake shop! 

Still think Oxford is the best of the university cities in the UK!