Oxford.

Last summer, me and a friend of mine visited Oxford, a picturesque city in the South-East of England. It is not that hard to get there for us. We took "the Eurostar" in Brussels, then it took us 1 hour and 51 minutes to get to London, after which we took the train to Oxford which lasted for about 50 minutes. We spent the first day in London during which we did some quick sightseeing and at about 18.30 local time we left for Oxford. When we finally arrived we only had to walk 5 minutes untill we reached our youth hostel, called Backpackers.


The first day we got up really early and explored the city centre. We were immediately stunned by the beauty of the city centre. It has got this old and cosy image mixed with a pinch of new commercial refreshment. In the afternoon we kind of followed a map of the city that we received when we arrived at our hostel. It led us to the most amazing places.

Oxford is mainly known for its college- and universitylife and that is well noticeable. Christ church university is one of the most dominating buildings of the city and is accompanied by an amazing meadow. You can honestly wander around there for hours just looking around and enjoying the view. A path has been built around Christ church university on which you can walk at least 3 miles before you're back where you started.




Also worth a visit is the blackwells bookshop in Broadstreet, not so far from the University buildings. A picturesque little shop in the middle of town that is known all over the world. Absolutely worth a visit!





Albeit the fact that Oxford is mainly known for its "urbanism" it has some amazing nature domains as well. We visited the botanic gardens and South park ( which is kind of a pun, I know ). The botanic gardens are a part of the Oxford University and contain an enormous diversity of plants. It was almost as if we were walking through every climat all over the world and meeting all different kinds of flora. Amazing!

South park on the other hand is situated on Headington hill in Headington, a beautiful, more down to earth part of Oxford. South Park honestly is the biggest park I ever saw. When we entered it there was no one else in the entire park. Just imagine a huge park, grass greener than Old Trafford and no one there. It was just so peacefully quiet and perfect to restore your inner peace ( if that was necessary in the first place of course ).

I must admit that it wasn't all sightseeing that we did. As the night fell we put on our naughty shoes and entered the Oxford nightlife. And I must give it to you, when it comes to partying, Oxford lives up to its reputation of being one of the best Student-cities all over the world ! We were absolutely flabbergasted by the number of fancy and chic night clubs ( The bridge, park end, ocean and collins, ... ). And I know what you're all thinking: " but England is so expensive". Yeah it absolutely is expensive but that was the good part, because there are so many students they treat people with cheap drinks and give discounts on entrance fees. Believe me when I tell you, Oxford nightlife is by far the best I ever experienced.

On the whole I could conclude that visiting Oxford was a great experience. It was and always will be one of the best holidays of my life. Moreover some people we met over there bought a house in the city centre and invited us to come and visit them this february which we will do of course.

Can't wait to see you there !