26 Bishop Kirk Place, Oxford

After a huge continental breakfast, we continued driving for 45 minutes before reaching Oxford. Andy was exceptional in handling the funny drift out roundabouts and we reached our new abode via the Oxford ring road. It turns out we were too efficient and therefore too early to meet the landlord so we walked to Summertown, the local shopping area about 10mins away. Luckily there were numerous coffee shops to choose from. Unfortunately the one we chose didn't live up to Andy's high coffee standards!  Did a spot of shopping (new shoes for the girls) followed by some essential food purchases before heading back.

So this is our place.... the first photo is the front of the building with our VW Golf hire car on the right. Our apartment turns out to be on the 2nd floor at the rear of the building (photo on the right). It is a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment with separate lounge and kitchen/dinning - just perfect for us. The nicest part is it faces south so is quite sunny (well has been for the past two days!) and overlooks the communal garden.

We're adjusting to life in the apartment...trying to keep the girls mostly quiet (which is difficult at times), doing the laundry in the kitchen including tumble drying our clothes, figuring out what exactly we can cook with our limited kitchen utensils and appliances! All in all we're pretty happy with the place.

In the afternoon we caught the bus into town. Picked up some sim cards for our phones, bought bus cards and checked out the tourist info centre. With enough time we visited Andy's work, met some of his colleagues and saw his office (not sure if I can find it again...it's a maze in there!) Then back home on the bus. A very efficient day really.