Rome

Inside the Colosseum

Walking round the Roman Forum

Us in front of the Trevi Fountain

The dome of the Pantheon: it was truly awesome

Inside St Peters Square

The Trevi Fountain

Dave and I spent 4 days in Rome just after Easter. The weather was good and the city was beautiful. Here are a few of our many photos.

On the canal

Back when the weather was good, we spent a great day floating along the canal.

Falmouth

Mum and I spent a weekend in Falmouth, Cornwall, visiting Emma. Even though this involved getting up and leaving Oxford at 7:30 am on a Saturday (eek!) it was really nice to see her and the campus. We also got to see the sea, and visit some family friends who leave on a farm nearby. They had new-born lambs for us to see!

Emma on Gylly beach

We walked along the cliffs to this beach, where we had ice-cream, covered in clotted cream, covered in a choice of toppings. Sounds like the recipe for a heart attack, and actually isn't all that nice.

The view from the cliffs

Bird watching

A beach covered in seals

Testing our wellies on the beach

Grandpa turns 80

Here are some pictures from a couple of weeks ago; the whole family (almost) got together to celebrate my grandpa turning 80. It was a lovely afternoon with one of the biggest cakes I think I've ever seen!

The Tapper family together

The birthday boy himself, enjoying his balloon.

Unfortunately my sister couldn't celebrate with us as she is currently in Falmouth, but I will be going to visit her this weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing her.

University of Oxford

These are a few photos I took on my way to the lab I work at, on a particularly nice day. 

Christ Church College

The ice-cream palour. Some nights, my friends Alice, Charlotte and I walk over after we've eaten dinner for ice-cream, tea and some girly chatting. We prefer it to the pub. My favourite flavour is Baileys ice-cream with hot chocolate fudge sauce.

This is the front of the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, the building that I work in.

The front quad of The Queen's College, my college.

The front of the rather more impressive Chemical Research Laboratory building, across the road from my labs.

White Christmas

Some impressive icicles found on the side of a house.

The canal has been completely frozen over for a couple of weeks now, the layer of ice was over 6 inches thick, strong enough to stand on. My mum and her boyfriend tried to travel along the canal in his boat to help a friend, it took 8 hours for them to cover 4 miles.

My mum and my sister having a snowball fight.