When I arrived I started off by taking the sightseeing bus tour, which also provided me with a 24hr continuous bus pass so I could get on and off as needed.
A few pictures from the tour…
The Castle Tower is all that remains of the original Oxford castle. At one time in history this lone tower was used as a place to house criminals condemned to death.
The Carfax tower, all that remains of an old Catholic Church. Up on either side of the bells are two alter boys.
William Morris Original Workshop. William Morris’ Factory planned and built the Morris Oxford ‘Bluenose’ car in 1913.
The Eagle and Child pub has belonged to University College since the 17th century. Know for being a hangout for such famous writers as C.S Lewis and R.R. Tolkien.
The Martyr’s Memorial for the three Oxford martyrs in the 16th century.
The Ashmolean Museum. Didn’t get a chance to go inside, but it’s on my list for next time 
After finishing the tour I doubled back so I could get a better look and go inside some of the spots from the tour. First I stopped at Alice’s Shop, the old sweet shop renamed because it was the sweet shop Alice Liddell liked. Alice Liddell is the real live little girl that Charles Dodgson modeled his character Alice after in Alice Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.
Next I wondered through the gardens at Christ Church College. Beginning from the St. Aldates entrance to the garden, I passed through the War Memorial Garden first, on my way to look at the much grander part of the garden.
Next I wondered through the covered market and bought a tiny irresistible cake for less then £10.
I briefly made a stop in University Church of St. Mary the Virgin.
And took a peak at the small pole river boats people were using on the Thames.
Next I went to visit the Bodleian Library, which was on my hit list because it was an important place in a trilogy I just read. The tours of the library were all booked, but I got to look around on the Divinity School.
The divinity school is a very simple and small, but interesting fact…it was used in Harry Potter.
The New Bodleian Library, now renamed the New Weston Library.
Inside there was a free exhibit about the Marks of Genius.
The Magna Carta
A flap book cover for the Hobbit.
Map of the world 1553.
A handwritten unfinished manuscript by Jane Austen.
An 1813 printing of Pride and Prejudice.
A book from the collection donated to the Bodleian by Elias Ashmole. He gave his books to the Oxford Universities on the condition that they remain accessible to the public.
I went by the Ashmolean Museum but infortunately it was already closed for the day when I got there.
I then went back to Slough where Joy and her husband, David, took me out for Curry. Then we went for a drink at the Ostrich, a pub that’s been open since the 1100s.
It’s well know because one of the owners used to put the rich travelers in the blue room. Then in the middle of the night he would pull a lever that would tip the sleeping traveller head first into a vat of boiling liquid.
