I got up at 6:00 a.m., packed up and went downstairs for breakfast, and after breakfast there was still a little time to go, I walked out of the hotel and went for a walk in the countryside.
Last night I saw a magnificent sunset on the side of the road, and when I came out this morning, I wondered if I could see the sunrise, and sure enough, on the other side of the hotel, the red morning glow reflected half of the sky.
But this beautiful morning glow gave only a short time, and before the sun came out, the clouds rushed to the east, and the surrounding countryside immediately darkened. Yesterday, I only had to rush to see the sunset, and this morning I woke up to see that in addition to the grass or grass around this hotel, it turned out that this was a pasture.
This is the authentic English countryside.
As far as the eye can see, there is no other home but this hotel.
As you can see from the sign of the hotel, this red-wing motel has a accommodation fee of 39.95 pounds, which should be considered a very cheap price.
Today's itinerary is still relatively tight, after breakfast we drove directly to Oxford.
The journey from Cambridge to Oxford is 156 kilometres, and the place where we stayed last night was right in the middle, so the journey was just over an hour.
Last night's place was relatively remote, but there are still many villages and towns on the road to Oxford, which also makes me understand the reason why there were many cars on the road when I took the sunset yesterday.
Oxford, like Cambridge, is not just a school, but a city. The city of Oxford was inhabited from the 7th century AD, and by 912 AD it had become a key point in England. "Tsu" means ferry, where the Thames and Chewell rivers meet, when the river is not deep, and you can wade through the water with an ox cart, hence the name Oxford. The rivers are still in place, and the traces of the original bridge and bullock cart wading across the river have long disappeared, but Oxford Bridge is increasingly attracting visitors and tourists from all over the world. The city of Oxford was the cradle of British royalty and scholars, and now Oxford has become a bustling city of the world.
Oxford, about a two-hour drive from London, has long been the focus of London's westbound route, and as early as 1096, people have been lecturing at Oxford.
Oxford University is the main reason why many people visit Oxford, a university city that has produced many outstanding people around the world over the past eight hundred years. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in an English-speaking country. Before the 12th century, there were no universities in Britain, and people went to France and other continental countries to study. In 1167, the king of England quarreled with the king of France, and the king, in a fit of rage, recalled the English scholars who had been studying at the University of Paris and forbade them to go to the University of Paris. Another theory is that the French king, in a fit of rage, drove British scholars back to England from the University of Paris. In any case, these scholars returned from Paris and gathered in Oxford to teach and study scholastic philosophy. So people began to think of Oxford as a "general science", which is actually the predecessor of Oxford University. The reason why scholars gathered in Oxford was because Henry II built one of his palaces in Oxford, and scholars came here to obtain the protection of the king.
At the end of the 12th century, Oxford was known as the "University of Teachers and Students". In 1201, it had its first headmaster. In 1213, the school received its first charter from the papal envoys. After the mid-13th century, various colleges were established one after another, and the glory years of Oxford University began.
Oxford, the most academic city in the UK, like Cambridge, has no walls or gates, and more than 30 historic colleges are scattered around the city.
Many of the colleges that make up the University of Oxford were founded between the 13th and 16th centuries, and Christ Church College was founded in 1525 by Cardinal Wosy as a church college for training bishops. The half of the tower in Tom's Garden was built by Len in 1682 and is the largest tower in the city. When Tom's bell hung in 1648, there were 101 students in the college, so at 9:05 p.m. (Oxford time was 5 minutes slower than Greenwich), the bell rang 101 to remind students of the curfew (which was no longer in force since 1963).
Although Oxford is still an old university town, the commercial enterprises in all corners of the city, especially high-tech enterprises, have rejuvenated the ancient city of Oxford.
Strolling around the city of Oxford, unable to distinguish where the campus is and where the neighborhood is, it is like walking in an ancient castle kingdom, you will feel that history has stopped here, and the rows of medieval buildings tell you the ancient history of Oxford.
Walking in Oxford is like walking through the corridors of English history.
The Monument to the Martyrs stands near the parking lot in Oxford and features three figures of martyrdom in the Age of Bloody Mary who were martyrs of the Reformation in the age of Bloody Mary. It is said that Mary's father vigorously promoted Protestantism in England in order to divorce her mother, because Catholics could not divorce. After his death, the throne was succeeded by his daughter Mary, who, in revenge for her father, persecuted Protestant clergy, calling her "Bloody Mary" in history.