^Similar head portraits are commonly found near the doorways in the Oxford colleagues.
Oxford is famous for a lot of renowned architecture and scholars, mostly recently also for pottering Harry's footsteps. It is one of the British cities to be enjoyed by simply walking around. There are lots of iconic scenes in the street by a glimpse of which you would say, "Ah, Oxford the university town." With a bit of creativity, I however photographed some iconic scenes more vaguely suggesting the place.
The above are two street scenes displaying the main shopping stripe (St Aldate's; High Street/ Queen Street) in the city, which people having visited Oxford should be able to tell. The 4-storey houses (or at least 4 levels as known by counting the windows) are typical of Oxford's. The Carfax Tower in the second picture, first built in 1820 to attach to the ancient city church of St. Martin, can be climbed at a cost. I did and recommended it. The old photos in the CX1 was taken inside the tower.
Cobblestone roads are noticed in the back alleys in Oxford, giving the streetscape a taste of the medieval European towns. Again, the buildings are typical in Oxford.
Walking around the city, I saw plenty of gates with such a spear-shaped pattern and a variety of emblems representing the colleagues. For sure, Oxford students flying around on their bikes were common sight.
I spent quite some time on the rooftop of the the St. Martin City Church tower which commanded a view to the city skyline. The famous Christ Church is in the first picture below while the other two shows the skyline of the city. The old England had a truly grandeur history. But the present-day UK is seemingly fought with grand problems instead. Several hundred years from now what will become of the country?
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