After a fairly sociable week, spent peeking from the outside at the FOWA, playing the two-point-oh at blognation‘s party, stealing pizza at google open source jam and supporting the latest shiny green headshift rigfeat (well done, Tom!), I spent the last couple of days letting myself being cuddled by Victorian aestethics and traditional british flavours (teas, scones, pies and the rest), slingshotting as usual (but with a slower pace) between Mayfair and Oxford.
If you happen to step through Oxford and are looking for some inspiration, here are my favourite hangouts:
. Green Cafe – you can read my review on TrustedPlaces.
. The Eagle and Child – good for (pub) food and if you fancy sitting on the very chairs that witnessed JRR Tolkien giving shape to middle earth.
. Blackwell bookshop – quite huge, with rare books and second hand sections, plus a cozy Caffe Nero. In the middle of the multicolored Broad Street and in front of the Sheldonian… believe me, it oozes character.
…or just have a walk from broad street to north parade, enjoy the green campuses and sophisticated architectures, and then gratify yourself with an ice cream at G&Ds on your way back to town…
Photo by MildlyDiverting, on Flickr