Riverside pub in the heart of Oxford. These riverside locations are beautiful to sit and have a scenic luncheon with friends! They also have B&B. Inking this one into my sketchbook! I love the names that these English people give to their pubs! They have their own little charm! Location: The Head of the River Folly Bridge, St Aldate’s, Oxford Contact: +44 1865 721600 … Continue reading Oxford | The Head Of The River
I don’t know about all of you, but to me, London always relates to the Big Ben and the Red Telephone Box. So here I am, having clicked a London kinda iconic moment – the Red Telephone Box with the Big Ben in the background! I mean how more ‘Londonish’ can it get! It has a very strong cultural sense to it with that nice … Continue reading London Moments | London Kinda Iconic
Another throwback post from my dorm room days! This one is for the Christmas time! It’s fun, frequently materialistic and irrevocably social. People plan for it, spend for it, live for it and dread it all at the same time, each year. The ideal Christmas way is to sit around a heavily bedazzled tree, a heftily set dinner table with friends and family. But there I was celebrating solitary Christmas … Continue reading Oxford Moments | Solitary Christmas
The Headington Shark is a rooftop sculpture located at 2 New High Street, Headington, Oxford, England, depicting a large shark (25 foot to be specific) embedded head-first in the roof of a house. It’s creepy, but it has become a piece of history for Oxford! It had ‘crashed into the roof’ without planning permission, in August 1986, the 41st anniversary of the dropping of the second atomic bomb … Continue reading Oxford Moments | Shark On The Rooftop
Hertford Bridge is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College over New College Lane in Oxford, England. Its distinctive design makes it a city landmark. Known to the locals as the ‘bridge of sighs’ because college students would sigh under it on their way to take their exams. It’s a pretty bridge, and you can walk underneath the bridge to the Turf Tavern and sympathize with the students over a pint. It … Continue reading Oxford | The Bridge Of Sighs
Nope! This is not your council run local library. It’s a “members’ club tailored to the design, literary and theater worlds.” They have everything from book discussions to whisky tastings to exhibitions to theater night to live music. It’s a creative hub for the creatively curious minds. I cannot review this place because I have never been inside it. Didn’t you notice the “members’ club” … Continue reading London Moments | Library London
Oxford has many little streets, and I tried recreating one in my sketchbook! This is how Wesley Memorial Church looks like from the St. Michael’s Street! Accompanying my sketch is a picture I captured of the same with my iPad! Continue reading Oxford Moments | Pretty Little Streets
For very long 31st October was just the last day of the month, but my England diaries made me celebrate it as Halloween – the festival where they remember the dead! So I had always read in books and seen in movies and TV shows about the Halloween costume parties – it was pretty fascinating to see it all live! My university got decked up … Continue reading Oxford Moments | Trick-Or-Treat
Being an Oxfordian, I cannot not have a thing against Cambridge – you just develop the OxBridge competition without even realizing. But no doubt, Cambridge is a beautiful town, a little boring and less happening (compared to Oxford), but beautiful. So if you have one day in this town, it is enough if toured correctly. 1. Punting on the River Cam Going to Cambridge and … Continue reading 6 Things to Do on a Day Trip To Cambridge
“Bustling student pub on a cobbled lane, with a Modern British menu and lots of outdoor space.” – This is how Google introduces this place. The ambience in Turf Tavern (or The Turf) is something for which one has to go to this place! Their fish and chips is tasty, and they have got some good ales and beers. This place does add to your … Continue reading Oxford | The Turf Tavern
The Bora Booktique 