{"id":9,"date":"2011-06-07T02:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T02:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/?p=9"},"modified":"2011-06-08T00:32:19","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T00:32:19","slug":"oxford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/?p=9","title":{"rendered":"Duck Herding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">June 5&#038;6 \u2010 Oxford<\/span><\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size:9pt;\">Cups of tea:  3<\/pre>\n<p>Oxford is a beautiful town, filled with old buildings and young college students. We are staying with a really fun couple, Antonia and James, who, despite the fact that Ida had seen Antonia once in the past six years or so, welcomed us with open arms.<\/p>\n<p>As we walked around town, me with my dorky tourist camera (strap and all), one thought kept popping into my head: <em>I could get used to this. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the highlights:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0466.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0466-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Rose in the Botanical Gardens\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0466-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0466-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>beautiful flowers at the Botanical Gardens,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0555.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0555-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ducks at park\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0555-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0555-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>duck watching at the park (and, in Ida&#8217;s case, herding. They weren&#8217;t too happy about that one),<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0386.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0386-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ida and Antonia\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0386-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0386-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>hanging out with our awesome hosts,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0478.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0478-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Zelda at the Botanical Gardens\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0478-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/europe.idamayer.com\/2011\/06\/IMG_0478-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and trying to imitate the locals! The resemblance is uncanny, don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n<p>-Zelda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 5&#038;6 \u2010 Oxford Cups of tea: 3 Oxford is a beautiful town, filled with old buildings and young college students. We are staying with a really fun couple, Antonia and James, who, despite the fact that Ida had seen Antonia once in the past six years or so, welcomed us with open arms. 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