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American Reacts Oxford, England: Prestigious University - Rick Steves’ Europe Travel Guide
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- Опубліковано 16 сер 2024
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The great thing is that most of these places are all around us and perhaps no more than 150 miles away, usually much closer.
Think you will find that the UK was at the forefront of many wars in Europe and rarely lost. The Brits do like a good fight. I live in a small town in Scotland which housed prisoners from the Napilionic war and there is
a monument where the prison once stood.
Born and raised in Oxford, I spent the first 22 years of my life there. It's a beautiful city, the skyline is iconic with the seven spires and the castle. Oxfordshire holds a special place in my heart, it's the county that made me and if I ever win the lottery, I'd move back in a heartbeat. Just a shame it's so unaffordable to live there. It's beautiful but it's not cheap. It was the most unaffordable (average wages vs average house prices) city to live in the UK not so long ago, presumably is still near the top of the leaderboards.
Oxford's a beautiful city and the countryside that surrounds it is stunning. It's a special kind of green that you simply don't see anywhere else. I could identify an Oxfordshire field by just the colour alone. I still daydream about moving back if I can ever afford to, it's still my home in my mind.
I hope you achieve your dream one day, even if you live on a narrowboat on the canal.
I live in New Zealand, but I spent the best years of my childhood in a small village near Banbury, and visited Oxford often. I hope to see it again one day...
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The city centre is a shadow of itself. There is a horrible, large shopping centre and we lost Boswells 🙁. Cornmarket is full of tacky tourist shops.
Oxford is still great and unaffordable. Landed here in 97, bought an ex council house in 98 - nearly 5 times as expensive now.
Yeah the Westgate ain’t pretty and Cornmarket has some tat, but it’s still the best centre of any city in the UK.
It’s mostly a working class town, bar north of St. Giles.
“Uggggh look at that GRASS!” 🤣😂🤣
Ah Conner you’re so funny it’s endearing.
Really nice video and you made me laugh again because I was thinking “why hadn’t he made the Harry Potter connection? SURELY He recognises it, what American wouldn’t?” 😂🤣
You hit the nail on the head - ALL those important people who once studied and worked there, ALL that history - ALL those years of knowledge and intelligence, all this people who gave huge contributions to humanity…
And today the first thing anyone will say is
“Oh loook Harry Potter!”
🤣
Sign of the times
You make me laugh
Keep up the good work 👌
yes...nicely said 🙂👍
Do you know you are right! We are very lucky to live in such a place. It's easy to stop seeing all this history though because it is almost everywhere. We need you Connor just to remind us from time to time - so thank you.
There's some superb historically linked old pubs around the centre too. As you walk between them and through the various colleges, you can have multiple "Grassgasms" Connor!
I totally agree there is something calming & relaxing about studying in a public library, although back in the day making the slightest noise and you would get asked (politely) to leave, these days the librarians make more noise!! I don't get as much chance to spend that much time in libraries but I will definitely have to make time to go to these historic towns for definite.
We do realise about our history that’s why we have fought so hard over the centuries to keep these Islands free . Personally it’s one of the most important things ,our culture,our heritage and our way of life
The Thames flows into Oxford - and the Thames flows out the other side! But within Oxford it magically becomes the Isis! And don't even get me started on how they pronounce Magdalen! I love it! Sod the world we're calling it maudlin!
Connor. You are a breath of fresh air. An American who is willing to learn about the rest of the world.
Exactly. Who IS Harry Potter? I've never seen it !!
As someone who read Mathematics at Oxford (many years back), let me point out some things.
1) A mathematics degree at Oxford is a BA. _Not_ a BSc. You have no idea how important this is.
2) The University is comprised of a lot of independent colleges, each with their own culture and rules.
3) It is _not_ an elitist establishment. Or it is trying harc not to be.
4) The academic pressure is intense. But the terms are very short. Which I suppose makes them even more intense.
5) The tutor to student ratio. I went to lectures where there were about 30 pupils. But had 2-1 tuition with the college professors. (Later 1-1 when someone dropped out.)
5) The Bodlian library is one of the few (3?) places that has a copy of every single book published after [hmmhhmhmhnm].
5) There is a Disney store there where I got a Winnie the Pooh bear who still stands on my bookcase today.
There are certain places in various parts of the UK that you can visit, and it's possible to literally sense that you're in the presence of many centuries of history. It's a pleasant feeling but hard to explain.
My thoughts exactly. An Englishman
I lived in Oxford City Centre and used the Bodleian library. I truly did feel blessed. It is so beautiful.
Never mind Harry Potter. I think you'll find that Brideshead Revisited was filmed at Wadham.
I was born in Oxford too and feel proud that's this beautiful and unique place is part of me or I should say I'm part of it. There's a lot more to it than even this video shows.
Absolutely!
I lived in Oxford from '77 to '86 while stationed at RAF Upper Heyford a large USAF Base. This was like old home week watching this!
I did an exam prep course there and ate in that Harry Potter hall. Is a lot smaller than the movies make it seem.
"Magdalene College" Connor:-"Look at that Grass"🙂 Connor I think you must have more British blood in your veins than you realize. You have such a deep affinity to our country ❤ You must try & visit again, I'm sure lots of your subscribers would show you around. PS I think most of us realise how lucky we are to live here.
Magdalen. Magdalene's in Cambridge :)
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 I wondered if I'd spelt it right 🙄
@@lyndarichardson4744 It's easy to forget which is which - I only know because I'd have gone there if my family had stayed in the UK :)
@@jamesdignanmusic2765 that 's a shame, you missed out there 🙁
Hi, 1 piece of advice do not drive a car in the centre of Oxford. I went there for work a couple of times and it took me longer to drive in and out than to do the job ( the only reason I drove was I had test equipment I needed ).
Connor, I think that your statement right at the end of this video says it all about you, doesn't it? You show an appreciation of all of our history here in the U.K. by coming out with that thoroughly modern phrase of "....you have an overabundance of super 'cool' stuff...." which proves that you have a huge amount of respect towards our country when you can combine both history and the modern world with one another and then come to your own conclusion about what you think about both of them. Respect such as that can only be reciprocated by me and you're deserving of an equal amount of respect in return.
Oh yeah!!!!🇦🇺
I was born in Oxford. I once pushed a penny farthing [bicycle] through the streets of Oxford for a window display in a large store the name of which i can't remember i remember it being difficult to push never mind ride.
I lived just outside the city for over a year. There is so much to do and see here…museums, colleges, libraries, shops, concerts, monasteries, priories, punting on the river, interesting lectures, etc. etc., all in beautiful surroundings.
This video made me very homesick... over 40 years since I've been in Oxford. Not just a few miles down the road from New Zealand, sadly.
I worked there in the 60's for eight years. I was in Oxford yesterday. So much to see. Beautiful city.
You should check out Alnwick Castle it is an amazing place with stunning gardens
I’ve not commented before, Connor, but I just wanted to say that I love your videos, and I watch them all.
You have such a willingness to learn, and the wonderment that you often display, is a joy to behold, (as is obvious in this video)
You may not realise how perceptive you are too…pretty rare I’d say, and your commentary is highly entertaining, frequently punctuated with humour which is great.
On a more serious note, I want to thank you for making the kind comments at the end of your videos, taking the opportunity to wish people well who may be struggling with their mental health. This is something that resonates with me very much, as I am practically housebound due to several disabilities, and my mental health as a result.
So thank you Connor, you never fail to entertain us all, and remind some viewers 🎉that life can be more bearable. 🙏🏻
Finally, may I urge you to visit the UK again, armed with all the knowledge you’ve accumulated, and to experience for yourself all the wonderful places you’ve covered in your fantastic videos.
I never thought I’d be in the situation I find myself in now, unable to visit the wonders we’re have on our doorstep, but you can, (I hope) so please, don’t put it off for some time in the future, as nothing is guaranteed in life, unfortunately.
So thanks again for everything Connor, I wish you and your family all the best, and please understand that your work is hugely appreciated by so many people.👏
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My first job was at the Bodleian Library and I did Saturday morning duties in Duke Humfreys. I live in Leicester now aa you can actually afford a house here but still visit my Aunty in a village outside Oxford. Will always be an Oxfordshire lass and feel very homesick at times.
Beautiful City, my sister and her family live in Oxford. I do remember a museum in Oxford that was similar to the jorvik king centre in York, where you have a ride you sit in, can't remember what it was called though
Sounds like the Oxford Story. I think that closed a few years ago.
I'm fortunate in living in Oxford. My house is small and on the edge of the city but, in 15 minutes, I can be in the centre among the colleges and other beautiful buildings.
Yes...watching this, it really does 'hit home' doesn't it....what an amazing place Oxford must be in which to live and study. I am sure most of the students probably DO appreciate what a privilege it is; however I can't help but think - if it were me - I would so appreciate it at my age now, though probably less so as a teenager....and the phrase 'youth is wasted on the young' comes to mind... 😏
And my sister and best friend both were undergraduates at Oxford university. Married read engineering at Balliol college.founded in1263. And my sister St Annes, founded in1879.
I spent a lot of time at Oxford
The fact that we have not been subject to that many invasions is part of the reason why we have such a rich trove of historical treasures, but we have also in recent centuries taken a lot of care to preserve the past through legislation, planning requirements, setting up bodies like the National Trust, English Heritage, Cadw, Historic Scotland, etc etc, recognising it needs preserving or else greedy developers would knock it all down....
I've lived in Oxfordshire for five years now, and I definitely feel very privileged to live here and to benefit from what the city, nearby towns/ villages and the countryside offers
Regarding your comments about war at the end of the video - I don't think you realise how ordinary civilians suffered in the UK during WW2 and the destruction caused to lives and buildings. Simple History have a good video on the Blitz, which might be interesting for you to react to.
Beautiful city, definitely on my bucket list!
Oxford is very beautiful, Its one of my favourite places to visit
I was born in London but Oxford is absolutely amazing, we are very lucky thank you . ❤
This video hardly showed a fraction of Oxford - he mentioned two of the colleges, Magdalen ('Mawdlin') and Christchurch. out of ..... 42! He showed the small exhibition of the university's Bodleian Library without mentioning that many of the Colleges have older libraries than the university's. He showed the Museum of History of Science, which is actually the smallest in the university. The Ashmolean museum has extensive collections of international status, Egyptian through every other culture and a massive art collection, it is older than the British Museum and National Gallery in London. The Oxford University Press is the world's largest non-government publisher.
Conor, he did not even scratch the surface!
The home of Inspector Morse! I would start with watching Endeavour, then Inspector Morse & Lewis in chronological order. A beautiful city & county.
Us brits go back so far....hundreds years of parent's and grandfather's grandmother's...some went to the new world of America as pioneers on the mayflower...my uncle was one of the first settlers along with his wife ...he lost a son on the mayflower
So funny, me and my son were walking past all of these as the video was uploaded to youtube! Although not a great experience as I was taking my son to the dentist where they removed one of his baby teeth.... On the plus side, it did shut him up for a while so I could enjoy the rest of the afternoon. I have lived in Oxford for 16 years now and I still have not done the tourist stuff yet. The big hall (harry Potter) I have had an evening "do" (party) in there one xmas though.
Such good stuff - that self-analysis about your background and your diagnosis etc. Not sentimental or self-pitying but matter of fact, respect.
You don’t have to justify anything. You’re a cool dude, reacting brilliantly to an eclectic range of topics.
Btw - I live in Oxford. It’s about an hour from London, and mostly beautiful place.
It’s ringed by loads of working class estates and the biggest independent employer is the BMW car factory, 3 miles south of the city. We make all the mini coopers you see
Good words, thoughts and well explained Connor ! Good man !
I really enjoyed that one old boy, well done for posting it. You really should visit Oxford when you visit us which I hope you do. May I suggest visiting in June, one can never be sure about the weather but June is usually good in England. All the best.
Oxford may be one of the many places where the Harry Potter movies were filmed, but its modern claim to literary fame surely comes from the Philip Pullman series of novels His Dark Materials and the even better sequels/prequels the Books of Dust. Its colleges have also given us three of the best British exponents of popular science - Richard Dawkins (The Selfish Gene), Susan Blackmore (The Meme Machine) and David Deutsch (the life-changing The Fabric Of Reality).
I believe the series (based on books of the same name) called 'A Discovery of Witches' was filmed there, well a lot of the series was based in Oxford, I'm not sure if it was actually filmed there, it looked spectacular regardless.
The Harry Potter production team certainly got around, I live in West Wales in Pembrokeshire, a few miles from where I live is a beach called Fresh WaterWest, which is where they filmed the 'Shell House" scene and where they filmed where they buried Dobby the House Elf, (which is now a bit of a monument) thanks to the fans leaving stones and (sigh) socks etc there.
Incidentally some scenes from a Discovery Of Witches was filmed the an underground chamber in Pembroke Castle, some 7 miles or so from F-West beach. (also some Robin Hood scenes were filmed at F-West as well. :) ( The Russel Crowe one)
Every day I get to see old England. Not a day goes by without me seeing an 800 year old church and homes that were built in the 17th century - and I do appreciate what I see before me.
I hope you get to visit one day you are right it is all around us .As a child being raised in Sevenoaks Kent I had the historic Knole house Hever castle on my doorstep and Penshurst place Tudor I believe Tonbridge has a ruin of a castle you do take it for granted I think history all around us we are very fortunate.
I was born, raised and still live in Oxford and I think it's a great city. Also, working for one of the college I have the luxury to wander around all the colleges without having to pay a single penny to enter.
Sorry my flower, i have to mention the 100 years war and the 35 years war plus cromwell time when castles were blown to bits. But other than that.....🙂
His only England videos youve not seen is "England's Bath and York" and "London Mod and Trad" all the other clips are from videos youve seen or from those
All countries in Europe have history, as do countries further east! North America has history too in its native populations, which it so often overlooks!
As some students say at Oxford
Christchurch IS the cream of the colleges
because
it is rich
thick
and full of clots.
BTW I went to the college next door LOL
I was lucky enough to enter Oxford University (Merton College). However, then my academic career collapsed, and I didn't complete my degree. (Many years later I discovered that my problem was dyspraxia.)
Christ Church - it's wrong to call it Christ Church College - is actually also a Cathedral! So there is a Cathedral dating from about 1500 in it. Coming from Merton, which has the oldest purpose-built academic accommodation in the world (1283), I regard Christ Church's Great Hall to be positively modern. If I remember aright, our Great Hall dates from 1290...
Tolkien was for part his life at Merton College, including in his last few years, when Ii met him. (He died nearly 50 years ago, in August 1973.)
In the Christchurch refectory the windows contain the characters in Alice in Wonderland. This was written bt the Mathematics Prof. who had a Daughter Alice. All the characters were based on the Profs in the Colleges, many of them utterly eccentric! Manyu of the sayings came from their daily utterances!.
Wonder what the Latin the for a grass onpgile is
Herba or gramen, but you really don't care - you probably soiled your knickers getting a reply in delight from someone. Poor you.
Youve already seen this to 😑 its in the Heart of England video
I was born in Oxford
C.S. Lewis, Harry Potter, but no mention of Tolkien or The Eagle and Child pub (Lewis AND Tolkien).
We were drinking in a booth in The Eagle and Child and the Landlord said that's were Tolkien sat sometimes working on TLOTR!
I think they are open again. My fave Oxford places are the Pitts Rivers and the Parks. I always show friends or visitors the cross in Broad St where the martyrs were burned (not far from Martyrs Memorial).
Yes Oxford is also called a city of dreaming spires👩🎓👩💼
And "The Golden Heart of Britain" ....
We take it for granted sadly..but thanks for showing us .
Chalkboard????, what's that?. I think he means blackboard. Interesting video, thank you McJibbin).
You think Oxford is beautiful? Have you never seen Blackpool, sir? Not many universities, but the Tower is alright.😄
Connor likes a good library..? Who could have guessed?? 😂
Love my hometown! I’m ‘town’ not ‘gown’
Me too! 👍
It was my hometown for most of my life until I moved away. Still miss it.
Yep the East of Oxford is the best, I have lived here all my life and that's a long time!
I lived in Summertown for about 3 years and Headington for 6 years!
Has this guy done a piece on Stratford-Upon-Avon?
i was bornin oxford, but we moved away right away, so i missed out on it
Laurel and Hardy film "A Chump At Oxford" us a must watch!
A wonderful film but I don't think they were ever in Oxford.
Oxford Born and bred . It's kind of sad living here my whole life you tend to not see it or just forget what a stunning place it is . I live a five minute walk from C. S. Lewis's home and a thirty minute walk from J.R.R. Tolkien's home . The house where Oliver Cromwell stayed in the civil war is less than a mile away . So much history and fantastic museums on my doorstep . You don't realize how lucky you are until you see someone else's reaction you your city . I Must get out there and see more .
You're kinda wrong, England was bombed more than any other nation except Germany and yet both nations still have loads of old buildings left. They were not in any way unharmed but it was rebuilt as it was. Compared to the Nordic nations, Italy and Spain though, they lack a lot of the really ancient buildings that could never be restored.
Goes to Oxford Uni and the Bodlean Library and doesn't mention J. R. R. Tolkien - the best selling author of the 20th Century.
Cambridge is a far prettier town. It has the advantages of being in a more rural area, the River Cam, and the Backs of course. But then, I'm Cantab rather than Oxon. 🤭👨🎓
Colour this Oxonian unsurprised that a 'tab judges universities by how pretty they are 😉
@@benkelly2024 whats a tab
@@MohammedAli-hl4mr 'tab is a jokingly meant, slightly disrespectful abbreviation of Cantab, itself an abbreviation of Cantabrigian, which means a person associated with the University of Cambridge.
@@benkelly2024 intresting
Totally disagree.
Cleary he didn't show Barton or Blackbird Leys
Under bridge of sighs to rest my eyes in shades of grey what did you do there,I got high aye aye it's all to beautiful 🇬🇧🏴🇺🇦🇬🇧🏴
Prefer Cambridge but I’m biased ❤
Same here :)
1217???
1215...
High middle ages
Cut and paste repost.
This said virtually nothing about Oxford, some points were just wrong and his pronunciation of names was painful to hear. This is the trouble with relying on a tourist for information...
Of course, English speaking nations think the only worth while history must have been English speaking, otherwise it is just inferior.
Oh how I wish our government and left liberal types would be so enthralled and in love with our beautiful country the way you and many Americans are. We are watching day by day the destruction of our architecture and monuments because they may have had something to do with 'slavery'? Our culture is disappearing our traditions banned. Oxford has foreigners being allocated housing in listed buildings and trashed and set fire to 😢 everything English has to go along with us the Englishman. Come and see it quickly before it is gone, already the airfield and barracks that was home to the Dambusters has been dismantled and will be no more, no more heritage or pride in our nation. We are fighting back but too much has been lost already. Please please watch something on Capability Brown, one of our greatest landscape gardeners before they too have gone. You want to see grass! Watch his work and weep for it's disappearing. 😢Rick is so calming to watch, such a gentleman and a pleasure to react to I'm sure. Thank you for seeing the beauty in our country and sharing it. 👍🏴💙
Well said
@@claregale9011 TY💛🏴
Ruined by liberals
As opposed, I take it, by rightists?
@@robertknight2556 are you coming out in this thread? 🤣
Pretty sure that the UK is being ruined by the Conservative party.
@@tobytaylor2154 ...Yawn.
@@robertknight2556 that's right ya boring
Oxford = Wokeford
Red State USA = Ignorantford!
I did a summer school program at oxford and treasure my time there. Even coming from someone who was born in the UK it really feels like another world. Definitely recommend visiting.