Alex's Index to London and Oxford

Zorya, me and Kalila outside the Bodleian Library in Oxford

with apologies

• churches or cathedrals visited: 7
• colleges at Oxford visited as immediate family of an alumnus: 2
• libraries visited (exteriors and interiors): 9
• libraries I attempted to break into: 3
• size of the largest single room selling books, the Norrington Room: 10,000 sq.ft.
• books in the Norrington Room: over 160, 000 volumes
• museums visited: 5
• bookstores visited: 4
• sites from Harry Potter films visited unintentionally: 2
• cousins once removed met for the first time (see photo, above): 2
• years since I've seen my uncle Ralph: 21
• years since I've seen my cousin, Sim and my aunt Jackie: 19
• years since I've seen my cousin, Kielan: 5
• weddings attended: 1
• Nirvana songs danced to: 1
• times we passed through Baker Street tube station (one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway, opened January 10, 1863): at least 5
• times we spent 30p. on the toilets at Paddington (grrr): 4
• canvas bags purchased from various tourist destinations: 3
  
• tube delays: 1
• passports stolen: 2
• hours spent in Canada House obtaining temporary passports (not by choice): 5
• length of time before we were issued temporary passports: 36 hours
  
• missed flights: 1
• visits to the Charing Cross Police Station: 1
• fire alarms experienced: 2
• Yarrows in one room (maximum): 8
• photographs taken: 547