When we flied to Oxford from Shanghai, I found we flied bypass Ukraine, where the war happening. Bless no war anymore!
The first day when we arrived at Oxford, there was a beautiful rainbow on the SKY, crossing the Christ Church tower. That should be the grand welcome ceremony. We knew a sweet tour will come soon.
We found it’s a double rainbow, it happened, it’s amazing!
Here is Manchester College, where we stayed during that great week, we lived here, we studied here, our lives were carved in Oxford and also Oxford were carved in our lives.
The moon was so lovely at the first night, high on the Sheldon Theatre tower, that’s our first night in Oxford’s, cool and peaceful.
Oxford was called as a tower university, moon always played games with the towers.
Early morning when we run by Oxford heart- the Radcliff library tower, the morning glow dyed the tower red. It was such a quiet morning, all the ancient buildings woke up slowly.
Tower of Saint Mary also woke up under the morning glow, she looked very shy like a young bride, light red on her head for long time. We were so lucky to catch that unforgettable scene.
We kept hard study and running in the morning, we run along the Thames River, and we reached the Port Meadow. Keep hard effort and keep running!
When the sunshine overspread the Carfax tower, we can see the ancient wall with many scars, its more than 1100 years, and there once happened the battles between the citizens and the students since the year 1400.
When the sun climbed up, you can have a good feeling beside the sigh bridge, nobody sighing on it, it’s summer holiday, and its a happy day.
In Oxford, you must take a look at Thames River, there were so many soft willows and also many tall and straight willows, they were all from China hundred years ago. Did they still remember that small river in China, where their ancestors stood by?
It was a big willow tree, old than 100 years, you may never find such big willow tree, even in its mother country-China, but its beside the river of Thames.
Many people lived in the board in Thames River, there were taking holiday there, they enjoyed their life, stayed with their family.
In the lake of Port Meadow, I wanted to voyage far away.
We studied in Oxford, we took presentation here, we met so many great professors here, they all cared us so kindly and send their true love to China. The love was bondless, and the study is neve ending.
In Oxford, we saluted to the palace of knowledge, we kept professional study every day.
The famous war memory garden in Christ Church, means peaceful to the world. Hope everyday be so peaceful, like what met in Oxford.
Christ Church college, there were so many stories happened there, Harry potter and Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
It’s so mysterious in the dining room, Harry potter lived inside too.
You can’t miss the bookshop of Blackwell, the famous one in the world.
And also you can choose so many ancient book in some small bookshops, one is close to Alice shop, take some great books and inherit to your children.
I was so lucky that I got 3 books written by one special writer, a special Chinese man who lived in UK 100 years before, those books were more than 70 years old, stayed in the shop until I took them back to China.
Take a professional UK steak in the head of the river, so many local people gathered inside, river crossing slowly beside.
Or you can take a drink in the ancient bar, the Turf Taven, 800 years history, so many great people enjoyed the time in.
The Turf Taven is under the tower too, the wall and the stones are all so ancient, you can touch the history here.
When the moon standing on the Manchester’s gate in the last night, it’s time to say good bye, but we never want to see goodbye.
It’s a great and funny tour in Oxford, thanks giving and sweet memory forever.