On Friday Erik took Sophie and Stone to a simulated race car arcade thing, which has very realistic-feeling steering wheels and large screens so you really feel like you're driving on a race track. They had a blast! And I stayed home and worked on some essays that keep wanting me to write them.
Later that afternoon we took a "Treasure Trails" guidebook, which is a lot like the elaborate treasure hunts I make for the kids at home, but all around Oxford! It was really really fun but quite challenging so we only got through a few clues before Stone was tuckered out. (He hadn't slept well at all the night before, and the sunlight woke him up before 6:00.)
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| The first clue led us to a bell tower that had a lookout over the city |
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| Another clue led us to an old pub and tavern where William Shakespeare and his friend used to stay |
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| This clue was at a tower built by the Saxons in the 700's! The oldest structure in Oxford, and we would have walked right past it without knowing what it was!! |
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| Lewis Carroll lived and wrote at Oxford - there are Alice in Wonderland references everywhere |
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| Several clues were on the old gravestones and walls of this cathedral, which took us a long time to find. |
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| After a couple of hours we decided we would return to the treasure hunt the next day, so we stopped for dinner at a restaurant that claimed to be the oldest coffee house in Europe! It might have had the worst service in Europe and the food was mediocre, so I was pretty grumpy by the time we left. BUT... |
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| As we walked home the church bells started to ring, and then raindrops started to fall!! |
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| We got soaked, running joyfully through the downpour, and Sophie and Stone stayed outside once we got home. Stone put his raincoat on; Sophie wanted to absorb every drop. |
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| Our dining area by the kitchen |
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| After coming in, Stone hung his rain jacket on the knife block. |
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