Bedazzled from the splendor, the hordes of tourists from every spot earth [What about the global recession?], and sleep deprivation, I walked the streets, explored tiny alleyways and strolled paths along gardens and meadow.
The old buildings are mostly oolitic Cotswold limestone, honey colored in today's bright sunshine. The round building is the Radcliffe Camera, a private reading room for the Bodleian Library.
I enjoyed a half pint and a "matured cheddar" sandwich in a pub called the Bear, open for business at that spot on Boar Lane since 1272.
My camera's eye can only capture some few details. This is the decoration above a doorway on the Christopher Wren Sheldonian Theater.
Here, apparently the public library, though nobody was loitering about the lovely entry way:
Sun AND mature cheddar - it sounds perfect!
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