Living
in London is awesome and I love it so much. I never feel like there is nothing
to do, it's the opposite, too much to do, busy and non - stop which can make
you feel a bit dizzy and tends to lead to me heading to the countryside to see
my lovely parents. It's nice to have the break from the big smoke but this
weekend was different rather than heading home I headed for the wonderful city
that is Oxford. My sister studied at Brookes University so I visited her during
that period but now around 4 years has passed since then and it was a delight
to go back.
Day
one was all about relaxing to celebrate my sister’s birthday before an evening
of drinks and dinner, more on that soon. If you're living in London you should
really try explore other cities in the UK. This year I've really realised that
there is so much to see right on my front door rather than a city break to
Europe I should head to a city in the UK from time to time. For Oxford it's
easy and reasonable to get to. I took the Oxford tube which take 1 hour 40
minutes. I'd say estimate just over 2 hours especially if you're getting
dropped off on the High Street! On arrival my parents, sister and sister
boyfriend had already arrived and we were all set to explore! As my sister and
her boyfriend both lived in Oxford for 4 years they knew where to take us. We
wandered down the high street and headed to Christchurch. Christchurch is one
of Oxford University's Colleges the Christchurch garden is accessible to all
and it is beautiful. We sat beside the river and tucked into our picnic. Which
was nicely finished off with some champagne and strawberries and a toast to my
big sister! By the river we watched people punting. And it looked so much fun, so after we packed up we headed to join the long queue of tourists wanting
to punt. Going punting is a very English activity and very popular in Oxford.
You take a small boat out along the river with a paddle and big long metal pole
which you use to row the boat. It looks easy but wow it was so hard!!! You can
opt to have a crew member come out with you and take you along the river. We
wanted the challenge of doing it ourselves however reflecting on it, that was
an error! Next time we'll know it's best to have someone take us out.
After
punting we headed for the high street and took a look at some of the brilliant
sales. We didn't do too much shopping as that's what the next day was for. We
headed for our hotel to freshen up and get ready for dinner. My sister chose to
head to Browns as it is one of her favorites to eat at in Oxford. We started
with some cocktails in the bar before sitting for dinner. For my starter I had,
asparagus with prosciutto ham and a poached egg and for my main it was the
Lobster Tagliolini, which were both delicious. I don't think I would go back to
Browns however it was nice to celebrate my sister’s birthday at her restaurant
of choice. After dinner we didn't want the celebrations to end so we took
a long walk (to walk off our dinner) to All Bar One where we enjoyed some of
their house cocktails. I enjoyed their Wimbledon Cocktails which was Pimms,
Prosecco, Lemonade, mint and Strawberries. There was a lot of it but it tasted
delicious!! Day two was all about the shopping and we shopped till we
dropped, okay not literally! I wanted to share what I got with you.
What would Audrey do?
This
book is from Oliver Bonas and my mum got me this, each time it's my birthday
she will get my sister a present too and vice versa. It's just a tradition and
a nice one at that. As any of my friends know Audrey Hepburn is my inspiration,
my bedroom at my parents’ house have little pops of Audrey all over! I can't
wait to get stuck into this book. You can buy this here.
Burberry Small Tote.
This
is such a dreamy buy, I am so completely in love with it. I was very lucky to
get a Mulberry Bayswater, which you can read about here in my ‘What’s in my
Bag?’ I love that bag and use it on a daily basis. It is however very large so
this bag is an ideal size when I am going out and don’t want to carry such a
large bag, because I am guilty to filling it up with as much I can physically
fit inside. This is a cross body bag and it still is quite spacious. The style
is the Leah small black grainy leather tote bag. They don’t seem to still have
this on their website, I think there were the last few floating around some of
their stores. There are some similar styles online, if you take a look at
Burburry.com and I heard that Selfridges has a few of the Grainy Leather Tote
Bags.
Burberry Coat
Such
an investment but a great one, I am very much in love with my new coat which is
ready for winter. Bizarre I know, to be buying a winter coat in the middle of
summer but hey, we are in England. Grey is my favorite colour to wear and this
style is also perfect for me and just what I have been looking for. lt it's such a nice style for a coat too. I'm not one to be wishing away summer but I really cannot wait to start wearing this!
Where's your favourite place go visit in the UK? Where should I go next? Do you like Oxford?
Lots of love,
N x
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