Jul 19,
This morning we got up earlier than the previous days to be able to catch the 9:20 am train to Oxford. Since today was expected to be the hottest day yet, we wanted to get an earlier start. While we had no problems catching the subway to the train station, Lionel was having trouble selecting today as our travel day in the app (our only way to book the tickets), so we thought we were going to have to change plans. But at the end, after resetting his phone, the app worked and we got on the train right in the nick of time. The train was also air conditioned, so everyone was happy about that. Getting in the train itself and having AC seemed like a double win.
In Oxford we just had brunch and then walked around seeing the old buildings. We wanted to do a tour of one of the colleges but we had to wait over 1 hour for the tour to start, and with the extreme heat it was just not worth it.
On the way back we intended to take the 2:00 pm train back to London, and actually got on the train, but a couple of minutes after boarding they announced the AC was failing and therefore the train was out of service. So we all had to get out. A few minutes later they brought another train (without AC) to shuttle us to another station. That was probably a 10-15 min ride. We then waited again, eventually got in a train and made it back to the Paddington Station at almost 4:45 pm. From there the subway ride back to the apartment was a piece of cake.
When we got back to the apartment I read the news and confirmed the UK had indeed broken the heat record. No surprise considering that it truly felt as if we were in Las Vegas, in the middle of the dessert.
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