Greencaviar Travel

Known as 'the city of dreaming spires', Oxford is one of the most charming medieval towns in England.  It's a place of cobbled courtyards and alleyways, golden-stone colleges, rivers and ancient meadows - the real life inspirations of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Harry Potter". The town is small enough to explore on foot, yet it has the sophisticated ambiance and cultural offerings of a big city.  I could write a long essay about the city, but since this is a #TBT piece, I'll just highlight some of the places that a visitor to Oxford ought to see and experience. I felt like a college kid spending lunch and dinner at the college dining room (imagine a scene from Harry Potter), and hanging out at the Pub after dinner. Yes, there was a pub inside the college , where people go to read poetry and do whatever it was that people do in a pub. At the same time, I felt like a grown-up having ‘tea with milk’ and biscuit in the afternoon , wine tasting (E...

Today was a beautiful day in the San Francisco Bay Area and perfect for walking the new addition to the Bay Trails: the bicycle/pedestrian path on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge new east span. The trail is paved (asphalt walkway) up until we get on the bridge where the path widens to a 15.5 foot-wide pedestrian and two-way bicycle path. The pedestrian side is a soft and flat surface while the cyclist side is of the road surface. The trail goes for 4.25 miles from our starting point at Shellmound Street in Emeryville to the top of the bridge. Photo by the author Photo by the author I have scaled Mission Peak, hiked the Dipsea and walked across the Golden Gate Bridge, and even blogged about my walking experiences, but it was not until walking parts of the Bay Trail to train for the upcoming "Nike Women's Marathon" that I realized how lucky we are to live in this part of California. In an effort to encourage my neighbors and the visitors to experience...