From Oxford to Oxshott

Today we left Rugby for Oxshot to stay with Uncle Azhar. We stopped in Oxford on the way to meet Divya, one of our friends who is an Ellis alum. It was so nice catching up with her and hearing about her adventures in England. She has been studying abroad at Oxford for 6 months - I'm jealous.



(Reunion with Divya)




(Gorgeous Oxford)

She took us into buildings that are not accessible to non-Oxford students, which was so cool. The streets are brimming with tourists, but inside the gates of Oxford it is mostly empty with only a few small groups of Oxford students enjoying the lovely weather by picnicking on the immaculately mowed lawns.



(Rabia and Divya)

After hanging out with Divya, we grabbed lunch from Pret à Manger (their carrot cake is to die for!) and hopped back into the car to get to Oxshott, where Uncle Azhar, Auntie Heather, and our cousins Jathan and Jamie live.

We spent some time with Auntie Heather and the cutest dog in the world named Chloe before Jamie arrived from boarding school to say hello. We all took Chloe for a walk in the woods. She is so cute and frisky and loves to chase squirrels.



(Chloe, the dog)

Unfortunately, Jathan is in Morocco playing in a tennis tournament so we didn't get to see him. Jamie had to go back to school after a couple of hours, so Uncle Azhar, Auntie Heather, Rabia, and I went out to Strada for dinner.

We came back and had an early night so we could get up early in the morning to catch our train to Paris. Oh là là!

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