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Oxford Spring (17-19 April, 2024): “Mind How You Go”

Oxford Spring (17-19 April, 2024): “Mind How You Go”

20 April, 2024 | No Comments

by Dana Rail Previous “Oxford Spring” posts: Introduction TRANSATLANTIC PURGATORY The rough part about travel is, of course, well, the travel. From the time we left home to the time we (finally) landed at Heathrow, then navigated Immigration, Baggage Reclaim, and Customs, then caught the coach to Oxford and arrived at what was to be our home for the next month, we were looking at a stressful and mostly uncomfortable (sometimes miserably so) 36 hours. I know, I know…a First World problem. Better yet, an Oxonian-level First World problem, so no complaining, right? Still, at my age, enduring eleven hours
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An Oxford Spring (April 18 – May 17, 2024)

An Oxford Spring (April 18 – May 17, 2024)

16 April, 2024 | No Comments

From April 18 to May 17, 2024, I will be posting from the City of Dreaming Spires, Oxford, UK. Friends have asked my husband and me, why Oxford? Why a whole month in one smallish English city when we would have the whole of Britain and even Europe on our doorstep? For one thing, we’ve done the whole if-it’s-Tuesday-it-must-be-Belgium sort of traveling before, and it’s a young person’s game. At this point in our lives, we decided it was better to go to one fascinating place and stay as long as we could afford. Dig deep rather than skim the
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