Monday, March 23, 2009

I'm caught in the act of buying a baguette


North Parade Street has some tiny little shops that sell exquisite French pastries, sandwiches and cappuccino. I also learned today in Prof. Chapman's lecture that it owes its name to the fact that soldiers used to parade back and forth during the 17th century when King Charles I fled to Oxford to hide from the angry London merchant class who were sick of him taxing them for his indulgent lifestyle.

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