The Historic Medieval City of York may be of an interest to you for another time. Thanks for sharing this latest video and looking forward watching the next one. Sorry the food wasn't good in Oxford.
For the last 6 months it has been over 100 degrees Fahrenheit where I live in Arizona so I haven’t done much walking in awhile. (I own a treadmill but I digress. 😄) I am so out of shape. And very much feeling my age.
In the interests of balance you ned to visit Cambridge. When you get there, walk from the railway station to a junction where you'll see a war memorial. Cross the road and you'll find the University Botanical Gardens. Well worth a visit. Cambridge is a city that's wonderful for just wandering around. Kettle's Yard is worth a look. About 20 miles from Cambridge is Ely, with a magnificent cathedral and a museum in Oliver Cromwell's former home. In the 19th century it was a pub owned by one of my ancestors, who emigrated to the USA in the late 1860s and eventually settled in Virginia.
Love how you ended the video with “London suits me” I’m a Londoner and absolutely love my city. Really enjoyed your video on Oxford though. I’ve never been. I’m so looking forward to your next one in St John’s Wood. I hope you went to Paul McCartney’s house which is just around the corner from Abbey Road.
I am learning so much from everyone and the next time I go to London I will ask questions before I go somewhere. I went to the recording studio but had no idea Paul McCartney’s house was around the corner. I probably walked right past it as we did walk around the corner and down the street.
@ it’s on Cavendish Avenue, about 8 minutes walk. There’s usually tourists outside getting photos so I doubt you walked down that street. It’s only a house I suppose but he’s practically royalty! Haha.
@xandra7986 Paul McCartney owns a home in Tucson, Arizona (where I live), too. I’ve never been there nor do I actually know where it is in Tucson but people still talk about it. He has a street named after him in Arizona, too. I wish I had seen his house in London. That street name sounds familiar but I didn’t notice a crowd surrounding a house the way I did with the zebra crossing.
@@ArizonaKC that’s where Linda died. They decided to take a holiday and go to their home in Arizona. but sadly she suddenly took a turn for the worst. It was in Arizona where she first picked up a camera and went to a photographic class which of course led to her coming to London and meeting Paul. Maybe that’s where she wanted to pass. She was cremated there and then she was brought back here to their family farm in Sussex where she was scattered.
The further north you get the colder it gets (all of the UK is further north than Winnipeg, it’s only the Gulf Stream that stops us from being more like the Arctic Circle country we almost are). Usually gets rainier the further west you go too. Highly recommend getting further north in the Peak District and Yorkshire - York is a great historic city too. If you get the train from London to York stop off in Newark on the way, it’s a great little historic market town. And 25 minutes by train from there as a diversion is Lincoln which is a hidden gem - especially the Cathedral and the Steep Hill area
Well done al that walking you did, I jut felt tired watching you walking everywhere LOL, you did great! If you come to West Sussex I would love to invite you to an afternoon tea!
Food portions are smaller than the US and much healthier for you. Your portions are larger because of the chemicals used to bulk up the food. So, really not bigger.
@@ArizonaKC I’d also recommend a day trip to St Albans (a historic Cathedral city with Roman remains) again only a short train ride from central London
Surprise you said the train seats were comfortable. Those Japanese seats are rock hard, try them for 8 hours. The trains the IET replaced were more comfortable.
Early morning commute to Oxford to me , up to Victoria in half hour run to Buckingham Palace Road then off for 100mins on what became the Oxford Tube coach, drop off just before the city and cross to the Cowley Road bus stop and the bus out toward Blackbird Leys (fun) Stay in Oxford for the week and generally completely miss all the sights of the area - got my bike out from work and went to a lot of Oxford Villages instead. Pre Morse etc times on the telly , evenings out to places like Abingdon too. Morning weekday travel was from the far side of Oxford down the hill, sometimes on bike, sometimes the Swindon bus toward the bus station, walk through the high street (the castle in use as govt facility still then) and back to work. Fridays more leisurely trip back to London, sometimes taking the Heathrow coach service and out at Heathrow Bus Station - change for a local bus or picc line back to SW London, no lizzie line then either. Sometimes stayed over in Oxford and off to Bristol or Birmingham. Spent time with a student group on Thurs evenings and some sundays. Only really visited Oxford twice since then, found the Market and north oxford area and Witney, but also did work in Kidlington a few years later needing a car to move my equipment by then
@@ArizonaKC that was 35 years ago, for six months. ( 2 weeks in oxford with weekends back in London ) In London a present after working/ living in Manchester, Yorkshirre/Cardiff,Bimingham and South Essex,
@@MaxwellMoore-d1u oh I know Americans add a lot of nasty stuff. Popeyes wasn’t bad. It just didn’t taste like what I was used to in a chain type of restaurant.
I’m glad your train ride was nice and fast, platform numbers are often not shown until a few minutes before departure, it is usual for departure boards to have the very end destination as a header, with calling-at stations listed below, some stations also have an A to Z departures board which is very useful at large unfamiliar stations.
6:32 You weren’t walking towards Oxford University at that point any more than when you left the station. The building on your left (screen right) earlier in the video was the Saïd Business School which is part of the University. Later, when you were at Oxford Prison/Castle, you were opposite Nuffield College, also part of the University. Tourists are often surprised or disappointed to learn that there isn’t a central campus. The University consists of buildings and walled colleges distributed throughout the city.
Oh! I learned something new! Thank you! We cut through on the left side to what I thought was the campus. It’s such a beautiful city. (Would it be considered a city? A town?)
Oxford is a city. City status used to be conferred by virtue of having a cathedral or university, but that changed in 1889 when Birmingham became a city despite having neither at the time. City status is decided by the government acting on the monarch’s behalf.
I haven't been to Oxford for over 20 years so this was nice. Shame you couldn't get food at the pub. I've never even heard of Popeyes chain food. Mind you, I never get fast food/takeaways so I wouldn't have . Better to do lots and get tired than do nothing and be bored .😊
I completely agree! And at the end of each day I was exhausted. I have arthritis and walked more than 60 miles over the 8 days we were there (which is a lot for me!).
@@ArizonaKC Thats a lot of miles for somebody not used to it. Best to ease yourself into it, but I read that you didn't have the opportunity due to the Arizona heat. You should have got a skateboard in London and made your kids tow you around. 😝
I LOVE that idea! Haha! My son brought up that I need some “healeys” like he had when he was a kid. They are shoes but have wheels that pop out. I’m not sure how those would have been on cobblestones…. 🤔😄
@@carolfranklyn-wi8lp I could not have asked for better weather. I thought about getting a refund but I like it so much I thought I would keep it. My eldest daughter lives near Portland, Oregon and it rains often there so maybe I’ll get a chance to use it. 😊
Making notes as we go along... 🙂 It's just "Paddington station", no need to say "train station". The presence of trains is assumed. Also Hereford is pronounced "He-re-ford". (Edit: saw the blooper at the end 🙂 )
Thank you for letting me know! I appreciate it. Here in the States we pronounce it her-ferd. (Well, at least I do. I may be pronouncing that wrong, too! 😂)
Good Morning Kim, I am glad you had a good time. The old buildings blew my mind. Can you imagine buildings that were built in 1071 and still standing. I will answer your email tonight. I have a very busy week, and it is going to be quite hot. LOVE.
I wonder why the Popeyes chicken wasn't flavorful? I guess food doesn't travel well far from its home. I've heard other people say that food in the UK can often lack seasoning. Sorry you were disappointed.
@@ib9rt I have enjoyed everything I have eaten on my trip except for Popeyes. It was fine. There wasn’t anything wrong with it other than it being bland. But that was the only thing that wasn’t that great. I have enjoyed the food otherwise very much.
Popeyes is fairly new to the UK I think…I have only noticed them recently and the food looks pretty grim fast food frankly! Unfortunately the Turf Tavern is a a dreadful tourist trap of an Oxford pub so while it’s a shame they’d sold out of things you didn’t miss a great experience but there are LOTS of great independent restaurants and cafes (including in the covered market) which would have been a lot better than Popeyes
@@citywise8773 oh I agree! My kids wanted to try a chain of some sort to compare the difference and it ended up being Popeyes. I had found a beautiful garden bistro with a lovely menu but that’s where we went instead. Oh well.
I'm Really Pleased you Shoowed both Sides of Oxford .Brilliant.
The Historic Medieval City of York may be of an interest to you for another time. Thanks for sharing this latest video and looking forward watching the next one. Sorry the food wasn't good in Oxford.
I’m sure had we gone to a real restaurant it would’ve been perfect. ❤️
Also I would love to visit York. ❤️
Oxford, the haunt of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Beautiful place.
The garden was beautiful!
Sooo gorgeous! ❤️
If you are not really used to it, long days and a lot of walking are exhausting.
For the last 6 months it has been over 100 degrees Fahrenheit where I live in Arizona so I haven’t done much walking in awhile. (I own a treadmill but I digress. 😄) I am so out of shape. And very much feeling my age.
Hi , hope you enjoyed Oxford beautiful place love the architecture 😊
There is something beautiful to see in all directions. ❤️
In the interests of balance you ned to visit Cambridge. When you get there, walk from the railway station to a junction where you'll see a war memorial. Cross the road and you'll find the University Botanical Gardens. Well worth a visit. Cambridge is a city that's wonderful for just wandering around. Kettle's Yard is worth a look. About 20 miles from Cambridge is Ely, with a magnificent cathedral and a museum in Oliver Cromwell's former home. In the 19th century it was a pub owned by one of my ancestors, who emigrated to the USA in the late 1860s and eventually settled in Virginia.
I’m already thinking about my next trip… and Cambridge will be on it! 😊
Love how you ended the video with “London suits me” I’m a Londoner and absolutely love my city. Really enjoyed your video on Oxford though. I’ve never been. I’m so looking forward to your next one in St John’s Wood. I hope you went to Paul McCartney’s house which is just around the corner from Abbey Road.
I am learning so much from everyone and the next time I go to London I will ask questions before I go somewhere. I went to the recording studio but had no idea Paul McCartney’s house was around the corner. I probably walked right past it as we did walk around the corner and down the street.
@ it’s on Cavendish Avenue, about 8 minutes walk. There’s usually tourists outside getting photos so I doubt you walked down that street. It’s only a house I suppose but he’s practically royalty! Haha.
@xandra7986 Paul McCartney owns a home in Tucson, Arizona (where I live), too. I’ve never been there nor do I actually know where it is in Tucson but people still talk about it. He has a street named after him in Arizona, too. I wish I had seen his house in London. That street name sounds familiar but I didn’t notice a crowd surrounding a house the way I did with the zebra crossing.
@@ArizonaKC that’s where Linda died. They decided to take a holiday and go to their home in Arizona. but sadly she suddenly took a turn for the worst. It was in Arizona where she first picked up a camera and went to a photographic class which of course led to her coming to London and meeting Paul. Maybe that’s where she wanted to pass. She was cremated there and then she was brought back here to their family farm in Sussex where she was scattered.
@xandra7986 🥲🥲🥲
The further north you get the colder it gets (all of the UK is further north than Winnipeg, it’s only the Gulf Stream that stops us from being more like the Arctic Circle country we almost are). Usually gets rainier the further west you go too.
Highly recommend getting further north in the Peak District and Yorkshire - York is a great historic city too. If you get the train from London to York stop off in Newark on the way, it’s a great little historic market town. And 25 minutes by train from there as a diversion is Lincoln which is a hidden gem - especially the Cathedral and the Steep Hill area
@@vaudevillian7 so happy you shared this info with me. Thank you! It sounds wonderful.
@@ArizonaKCyou’re very welcome, thanks for sharing your great trip with us
@vaudevillian7 it has been my pleasure. ❤️
Well done al that walking you did, I jut felt tired watching you walking everywhere LOL, you did great! If you come to West Sussex I would love to invite you to an afternoon tea!
I would enjoy that very much! ❤️
Food portions are smaller than the US and much healthier for you. Your portions are larger because of the chemicals used to bulk up the food. So, really not bigger.
Unfortunately that is true. American food is processed and extremely unhealthy. Even the fresh vegetables from the grocery are most likely gmo.
Oxford is great, but I prefer Cambridge myself (again about 50 minutes from London)
I am hoping to visit Cambridge on my next trip.
Me too, I found Cambridge to be nicer than Oxford.
@@ArizonaKC I’d also recommend a day trip to St Albans (a historic Cathedral city with Roman remains) again only a short train ride from central London
Surprise you said the train seats were comfortable. Those Japanese seats are rock hard, try them for 8 hours. The trains the IET replaced were more comfortable.
I will take them any day over the seats on domestic flights in the States. (I’ve never ridden a train here but airline seats are horrid.)
I believe the Hitachi train seats are designed and supplied by Spanish company Compin-Fainsa
Early morning commute to Oxford to me , up to Victoria in half hour run to Buckingham Palace Road then off for 100mins on what became the Oxford Tube coach, drop off just before the city and cross to the Cowley Road bus stop and the bus out toward Blackbird Leys (fun) Stay in Oxford for the week and generally completely miss all the sights of the area - got my bike out from work and went to a lot of Oxford Villages instead. Pre Morse etc times on the telly , evenings out to places like Abingdon too. Morning weekday travel was from the far side of Oxford down the hill, sometimes on bike, sometimes the Swindon bus toward the bus station, walk through the high street (the castle in use as govt facility still then) and back to work. Fridays more leisurely trip back to London, sometimes taking the Heathrow coach service and out at Heathrow Bus Station - change for a local bus or picc line back to SW London, no lizzie line then either. Sometimes stayed over in Oxford and off to Bristol or Birmingham. Spent time with a student group on Thurs evenings and some sundays. Only really visited Oxford twice since then, found the Market and north oxford area and Witney, but also did work in Kidlington a few years later needing a car to move my equipment by then
@@highpath4776 did you ever sleep?! Wow! What a busy schedule! Are you in London now?
@@ArizonaKC that was 35 years ago, for six months. ( 2 weeks in oxford with weekends back in London ) In London a present after working/ living in Manchester, Yorkshirre/Cardiff,Bimingham and South Essex,
Interesting video, yes central London is often warmer, being in a valley it seems to have a micro climate.
Of course in Oxford you are still connected to London - by the Thames
English Lack of Spice. Or American added Chemicals and Artificial Colours.?
@@MaxwellMoore-d1u oh I know Americans add a lot of nasty stuff. Popeyes wasn’t bad. It just didn’t taste like what I was used to in a chain type of restaurant.
@ArizonaKC Well I think you've just answered my question. But I'm sure they could have Chucked all the Shit you Crraved .in a sealed bucket 🪣👈
I’m glad your train ride was nice and fast, platform numbers are often not shown until a few minutes before departure, it is usual for departure boards to have the very end destination as a header, with calling-at stations listed below, some stations also have an A to Z departures board which is very useful at large unfamiliar stations.
I was worried when I couldn’t find Oxford on the departure board. Luckily I had a kind attendant who took pity on me and was extremely helpful.
Very narrow windows. Thats where we get the word “loophole”.
Everywhere in the UK is usually cooler than London
@@ElunedLaine I didn’t know that. I was so cold that day!
6:32 You weren’t walking towards Oxford University at that point any more than when you left the station. The building on your left (screen right) earlier in the video was the Saïd Business School which is part of the University. Later, when you were at Oxford Prison/Castle, you were opposite Nuffield College, also part of the University. Tourists are often surprised or disappointed to learn that there isn’t a central campus. The University consists of buildings and walled colleges distributed throughout the city.
Oh! I learned something new! Thank you! We cut through on the left side to what I thought was the campus. It’s such a beautiful city. (Would it be considered a city? A town?)
Oxford is a city. City status used to be conferred by virtue of having a cathedral or university, but that changed in 1889 when Birmingham became a city despite having neither at the time. City status is decided by the government acting on the monarch’s behalf.
I haven't been to Oxford for over 20 years so this was nice. Shame you couldn't get food at the pub. I've never even heard of Popeyes chain food. Mind you, I never get fast food/takeaways so I wouldn't have .
Better to do lots and get tired than do nothing and be bored .😊
I completely agree! And at the end of each day I was exhausted. I have arthritis and walked more than 60 miles over the 8 days we were there (which is a lot for me!).
@@ArizonaKC Thats a lot of miles for somebody not used to it. Best to ease yourself into it, but I read that you didn't have the opportunity due to the Arizona heat. You should have got a skateboard in London and made your kids tow you around. 😝
I LOVE that idea! Haha! My son brought up that I need some “healeys” like he had when he was a kid. They are shoes but have wheels that pop out. I’m not sure how those would have been on cobblestones…. 🤔😄
@@ArizonaKCHa yes the cobblestones would be a problem with healeys 😅. Especially if you have a headache 😮
@lyndoncmp5751 😄
Hard work being a tourist 😂😂. Enjoy tomorrow
It is! 🤣 I walked more in the 8 days I was there than I believe I have all year. This old lady can’t handle it! 😄
@ also, hope you can get a refund on your Amazon rain jacket. You were so lucky with the weather
@@carolfranklyn-wi8lp I could not have asked for better weather. I thought about getting a refund but I like it so much I thought I would keep it. My eldest daughter lives near Portland, Oregon and it rains often there so maybe I’ll get a chance to use it. 😊
Go to the gift shop next to Abbey Road studios
Oh yes! We did! My son got his dad a t-shirt.
Making notes as we go along... 🙂 It's just "Paddington station", no need to say "train station". The presence of trains is assumed. Also Hereford is pronounced "He-re-ford". (Edit: saw the blooper at the end 🙂 )
Thank you for letting me know! I appreciate it. Here in the States we pronounce it her-ferd. (Well, at least I do. I may be pronouncing that wrong, too! 😂)
Good Morning Kim, I am glad you had a good time. The old buildings blew my mind. Can you imagine buildings that were built in 1071 and still standing. I will answer your email tonight. I have a very busy week, and it is going to be quite hot. LOVE.
I wonder why the Popeyes chicken wasn't flavorful? I guess food doesn't travel well far from its home. I've heard other people say that food in the UK can often lack seasoning. Sorry you were disappointed.
@@ib9rt I have enjoyed everything I have eaten on my trip except for Popeyes. It was fine. There wasn’t anything wrong with it other than it being bland. But that was the only thing that wasn’t that great. I have enjoyed the food otherwise very much.
Well it is what we call " junk food" here in the UK lol@ArizonaKC
Definitely not real food! Lol
Popeyes is fairly new to the UK I think…I have only noticed them recently and the food looks pretty grim fast food frankly! Unfortunately the Turf Tavern is a a dreadful tourist trap of an Oxford pub so while it’s a shame they’d sold out of things you didn’t miss a great experience but there are LOTS of great independent restaurants and cafes (including in the covered market) which would have been a lot better than Popeyes
@@citywise8773 oh I agree! My kids wanted to try a chain of some sort to compare the difference and it ended up being Popeyes. I had found a beautiful garden bistro with a lovely menu but that’s where we went instead. Oh well.
Hereford = ‘hair-ee-fud”
They have hairy fuds there? 😝
I completely messed up that word! 😃 In the States we say her-ferd.
hi
Hi 😊