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Visiting Oxford with kids

July 18, 2011 5 reader comments

Oxford, England is obviously a place I really love and think is great to visit with kids as I've written no fewer than three other Monday Dreaming posts about it. But the fact is that we were there for a too-brief two days and I've been dreaming of a …

Mondays are for dreaming: The Oxford University Museum of Natural History

February 7, 2011 13 reader comments

It's a fact not often discussed by travel writers that the act of visiting a new place can be profoundly disappointing. Indeed, a key element of any trip is expectation – before we go somewhere we imagine what it will be like, some of us with more …

Mondays are for dreaming: Looking up in Oxford

August 30, 2010 3 reader comments

I don't usually share posts that are primarily photos (since I don't really consider myself a photographer) but sometimes the perfect words elude me, especially when it comes to a place as gorgeous and magical as Oxford. Looking at these pictures, it …

Mondays are for dreaming: Oxford’s spires

November 16, 2009 10 reader comments

I'm happy to announce that we've officially decided where our big family trip will be next summer. After much consideration (after all, I am turning the big 4-oh in June so we want it to be special) we have decided that a return to London and some …