2026-07-25

Oxford

Woke up at 6 am
to have a snack at Paddington station




The train will take us to Oxford



Changing athmosphere:
old yellow stones and walls


It's so sunny !


Radcliff camera from 1714
one of the oldest library in Europe:
books are under our feet


Around Radcliff,
Amané likes this athmosphere



of course, the door opening
to the old old library with all her treasures


Bridge of sights
like in venice but not so old...1914 !!




our guide !


Coming in Magdalen college (1458)


10 Nobel Prizes are from this little university


room of songs....!!!


The church...!!!





The self.....!!!!!


The "foyer"...!!!!
I sent a message to my colleagues:
I dismissed until our self and our foyer
don't look the same....!!!


This girl wants to study here??





The meadows !


At one bottom of the park:


at the other bottom



After Magdalen college
we walked away from the city center:
no students, and a subburb like every where else...



We then tried to go to Christ Church:
no more meadows...
all yellow....
 


and so many many tourists...


Let's go to an other university
even smaller, we don't care


We were lucky:
we could enter in an oter one


behind old doors


old churches


and old self...


In the city center
an old hats shop
full of tourists


Then we walked to a huge park
and had diner near our hotel.

















2026-07-24

3rd day London: Portobello, Bloomsburry, Bricklane, Take's family



Our hotel was like this building.

We woke up early

to join by bus

Portobello market and Nothing hill subburb


we enjoyed the view from the bus




Porto Bello:

we didn't take pictures of the market but

it was soooo huge that it took us almost all morning...

George Orwell house

Vivid houses like in Ireland !


Waiting for an other bus


Amané wanted to go to Bloomsburry subburb:

museums and independant libraries


British museum:



In front: an antique library


Amané bought her first old book

from 1800



a special stationnery shop

with lot of pigments


and then an other metro...

to reach Brick Lane and his street art everywhere



M Brocolis is also everywhere 
if you open your eyes



an other independant library 
some second hand clothes


and it was time to go back to the hotel
in order to prepare for the dinner
with Take's family:
Ayako, Haru (18 y old) and Sumire (11 y o)