August 28 - 29, 2015 - Denver to Oxford, England

We have had a busy summer so I have been really bad about writing much. We have been camping and hosting exchange students and showing off our beautiful Colorado. Today, however, Tobey and I are left on our way to England to spend a couple weeks with our son, Tyler, who is working in Oxford, England. Funny side note – Tyler had to be back in Colorado for business, so we will actually arrive a day before he does!

Our shuttle picked us up at the house at 3:20 am. YEP – that is early! Poor Penny wasn’t quite sure what was going on – and she wasn’t at all happy that there wasn’t a place in the suitcase for her. Our moms are staying at the house with her so there will be lots of spoiling going on while we are gone!

When we were hosting two exchange students through the Lions Club, we took them white-water rafting on the Poudre River. It was great fun – until I was thrown from the raft and crashed my leg into a rock. That was three weeks ago and I am still recovering. I had a couple weeks on crutches and now can get around without them, I did bring a cane along and took advantage of the wheelchair getting through the Denver airport. If nothing else, it did get us through the security lines much quicker!

We flew through Washington, DC, and hung out in the United Club Lounge courtesy of free passes we got when Tobey applied for a new credit card. Since we had over 5 hours there, it was a good to have a comfy place to relax and have a free lunch!

Our flight to London left about 6 pm and arrived in London shortly after 6 am. Neither of us slept much and it has been a rough day!
We took a busy from Heathrow airport to Oxford, found a taxi and arrived at Tyler’s apartment by 9 am.

After unpacking, we walked back to the city center – about 20 minutes from here. After looking into some of the walking tours and the hop on – hop off bus trips, we had lunch at the open air market before heading back to Tyler’s.

There are several small markets nearby so we were able to stop and pick up things for breakfast. We are trying to figure out the different road signs, as well as construction signs. This one confused us a bit!
Tyler has a nice 2 bedroom apartment with some quiet neighbors – this is the view from his dining room window! I am looking forward to exploring more in the neighborhood and checking out some of the old headstones!

We took a short nap, watched a movie, went out and picked up a take-away pizza. We will have an early bedtime and look forward to Tyler’s return tomorrow!