Vacations are tiring
Today I took s vacation from my vacation. I slept in, did some laundry, sat around and read. Geoff and Jude went out to the Ashmoleun Museum.
Oxford is really great. Even when you are just walking around it feels like a museum. We took a walking tour the other day so got to go inside some of the colleges. The newer ones are 200 years old. Geoff was taking time off that day and we had arranged to meet at the start of the tour, but he didn't show up, so we just carried on. It was good because we were the only ones on the tour. We hadn't been walking too long when the tour guide said, "There's a man over there taking your picture." It was Geoff, he had stumbled upon us. So he joined us for the rest of the tour.
When that was done we took our tour guide's advice and went over to Christ Church Cathedral because there was a service at 6 pm and they don't charge the entrance fee for services. It turned out to be a special service, something to do with the courts so there were a lot of lawyers in their wigs and robes. All very pomp and circumstance.
Then it was off to the Eagle and Child, the pub where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein met with friends every week.
Went to the Bodlean Library the other day. Wow. Our tour guide was very chatty; Anne said she kept wanting to tell him to get to the point.
Went back to Blenheim yesterday and it was still amazing. Had time to walk through the grounds. We took the bus there snd back; I feel quite smug about using public transport. Supper at to Del and Anne's local, the Rusty Bicycle, another great pub. I wish we had them at home.
Anne and Del are having supper here with us tonight, Jude's cooking. Only one more day, then we leave for Belfast.
Oxford is really great. Even when you are just walking around it feels like a museum. We took a walking tour the other day so got to go inside some of the colleges. The newer ones are 200 years old. Geoff was taking time off that day and we had arranged to meet at the start of the tour, but he didn't show up, so we just carried on. It was good because we were the only ones on the tour. We hadn't been walking too long when the tour guide said, "There's a man over there taking your picture." It was Geoff, he had stumbled upon us. So he joined us for the rest of the tour.
When that was done we took our tour guide's advice and went over to Christ Church Cathedral because there was a service at 6 pm and they don't charge the entrance fee for services. It turned out to be a special service, something to do with the courts so there were a lot of lawyers in their wigs and robes. All very pomp and circumstance.
Then it was off to the Eagle and Child, the pub where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkein met with friends every week.
Went to the Bodlean Library the other day. Wow. Our tour guide was very chatty; Anne said she kept wanting to tell him to get to the point.
Went back to Blenheim yesterday and it was still amazing. Had time to walk through the grounds. We took the bus there snd back; I feel quite smug about using public transport. Supper at to Del and Anne's local, the Rusty Bicycle, another great pub. I wish we had them at home.
Anne and Del are having supper here with us tonight, Jude's cooking. Only one more day, then we leave for Belfast.
posted by Theresa at 11:17 AM
4 Comments:
I think the thing that is tiring is paying attention. It's the same thing sitting in a course or workshop all day -- you feel exhausted even though you've just been sitting.
I never thought of that, but I think you're right. It's always having to focus.
learning any new thing takes alot of energy-apparently thinking is hard
Brains use a lot of glucose when you are concentrating!
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