Cambridge, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

New shoes for throwing at leaders
Feb 3, 2009 (2 photos)

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Cambridge
May 11, 2006 (7 photos)

... there walked along the Backs. So named as it is at the back of the various famous colleges that form part of Cambridge University. Unfortunately, the colleges were closed though due to exams as they did not want to disturb the students study time. I ...

"Profoundly Bournemouth"
Apr 24, 2004 (9 photos)

... in Cambridge telling each other how "profoundly" smarter we felt now that we were in the taint little town of Education. Cambridge is stunningly beautiful and being mildly serious for a moment, you do get a feeling of the people being educated here ...

Cambridge
May 17, 2006 (12 photos)

... here makes it even more spectacular. If only I had of had the opportunity to do an international student exchange to Cambridge instead of University of Missouri-Columbia back in 1995! I have since found out that many foreign students do PHDs here... so ...

Leaving Drinks - Cambridge Beer Festival
May 27, 2006 (50 photos)

Typical uni style leaving. 1) Pick a venue, as no one leaves close to each other anymore 2) Pick somewhere to get drunk 3) Drink 4) Civilised conversation 5) Drink 6) Take the piss out of Ginger Yanks 7) Drink 8) Scott try's in humman act that ...

Goodbye river
Dec 5, 2006 (2 photos)

... in the river, so it's being drained. Never mind the ducks and swans, never mind the fish and other wildlife. A Cambridge graduate is missing! "I hope it's fixed by Saturday because I wanted to take my friend punting," my colleague said. In ...

Rained out
Nov 25, 2006 (7 photos)

... He's at his field hockey game... equally messy... I'm glad volleyball works as well indoors as out! I had been training with Cambridge's big clubs... including the university team, because apparently I can play for them even though I'm not a student (just ...

Indecision
Mar 25, 2007

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Farewell Cambridge
Sep 24, 2007

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Why do the English hate Kiwis?
Nov 25, 2006

I've noticed that English agricultural protectionism seems to have led to English people hating kiwi fruits - not so much the fruit, but what they represent. I'm not making this up. On TV the other night I saw Helen Clarke, New Zealand's PM, defending ...

Water, water, everywhere...
Jan 19, 2007

... be worse). It took me an hour and forty-five minutes to get to work the other day, just travelling across Cambridge, because a series of accidents, combined with more people in cars because of the foul weather, resulted in gridlock on the arterial ...

Transport made me a morning person - temporarily
Oct 22, 2006 (3 photos)

... along Midsummer Common there were cows grazing and ducks pottering about, so many that I almost ran over a duck. I think Cambridge ducks are particularly coddled, because rather than having the sense to waddle out of the way they all waddled closer to the ...

Off North
Jul 31, 2006 (1 photos)

... a lot of blue sky and the temperature was a comfortable 28oC, so we decided to resume our itinerary and headed off to Cambridge. It took two hours on the back roads which was much nicer riding than the damn highways. We had very little trouble finding a ...

Settling in
Oct 9, 2006 (1 photos)

... I go. Ian and I's little flat is coming along nicely and I have a cheerful red bicycle with a basket, as you do in Cambridge. There's so many stupid things you have to buy when decking out a house that are awfully hard to handle when you don't have a ...

The wind
Jan 11, 2007 (3 photos)

It's so windy here today the hedge is almost getting blown to pieces, bits of leaf are smashing against the window like disoriented birds. The tall, dense trees in the park look like they're being strangled, their tops shaking violently, while the willowy ...

So much to do!
Sep 13, 2005

Well, this seems like as good place as anywhere to put my travel diary... There is so much to do before the trip actually starts... 7 weeks (well, 48 days, 23 hours, 5 minutes and 48 seconds) until we fly out, and all we really have are our flights. ...

Day 6, Edinburgh-Cambridge: The sun does exist
Nov 23, 2007 (5 photos)

... we left the thriving capital city of Scotland to navigate the Britrail system. After three separate trains we managed to arrive in Cambridge at 1pm. We checked into the first of our delightful YHA accommodations. Very basic, but you get what you pay for ...

New home
Aug 1, 2007

We have moved into a share house with four other people, one of which is the guy who owns the place. It's in a good location and much cheaper than the 40 pounds per night we were paying at the B&B. We also got some second hand bikes which are coming ...

Reflections
Dec 19, 2008 (1 photos)

Having been back a few days now, Ally thought she would detail her opinions of Berlin and the trip. Firstly, she was surprised how small the city is compared to London.  Not only is the centre very compact, with a still very noticeable difference ...

The Long Journey Ahead
Oct 12, 2006 (1 photos)

Our journey started straight after lectures on the Thursday, where we all chucked our bags into taxis and then walked round to the train station. We met up at 6pm and our train left at 6.45, which then headed into Kings Cross, London where we then walked ...

A breath of fresh air...
May 22, 2006 (10 photos)

Update soon...

Day trip to Cambridge
Jun 16, 2006 (9 photos)

... . We got the train in the morning and walked around town all day and came back at night. We visited a lot of churches in Cambridge. Overall, England has a ton of churches everywhere, and I enjoy going into all of them to see how pretty they are. This is ...

Into the eye of the storm?
Oct 3, 2009

In the days before my departure I saw the harrowing TV pictures of the havoc caused by the storms in the Far East and I wondered what lay ahead as I boarded the plane at Stansted Airport. Daughter Julia drove me there with Rose (wife) and it was a ...

Old University City
Apr 5, 2008

Und noch ein touristischer Halt, diesmal in Cambrigde. Einer netten kleinen Stadt, die man eigentlich mit den zwei Adjektiven studentisch und alt zur Genuege beschreiben kann. So viele Studenten habe ich wirklich noch in keiner anderen Stadt gesehen. Und ...

Cambridge
Sep 24, 2005 (2 photos)

We head to Cambridge for a day trip before leaving the country. We visit many of the pretty colleges. Cambridge is definitely nicer than Oxford. Sebastian buys a cheap watch, and Fiona is upset because she can't find a bathroom. We listen to little boys ...

The Boat Race, Cambridge, and Financial trouble
Apr 11, 2007 (9 photos)

... . He probably smirked to himself, having thought that he made a delightfully pointed little comment to the annoying Yankee Cambridge supporter. A little while later, I ran into that guy and thanked him for complimenting my perceptiveness, that he was a ...

Cusco V. Cambridge
Jun 30, 2007

... more than 4 months after I should have done, what can I say.... Time flies! *Ahem* Well I am here in Cambridge, which is, I believe, marginally nearer Cusco than Leeds. Not dramatically... but every little helps in a 12 hour flight. Since arriving ...

Nearly Christmas!
Dec 8, 2006

Well its nearly Christmas and we have loads still to do.  Progress has been made with police checks - they have received them and are processing them now.  We had our medical and are both fine!  I really did not like getting my blood taken, ...

A Lovely Time in Cambridge!
Mar 3, 2008

... enough room for us to actually have seats...luckily it was only a few stops before the majority of the passengers got off) to Cambridge. We arrived and were greeted by more family friend's of Kristina's. And then today we took the bus into the city centre ...

It is a Hard Life...
Nov 2, 2006 (7 photos)

... bland compared to eating gelato in Milan, but it was nice to be back. Then early on Saturday morning I caught the bus to Cambridge (2 pounds return, I love bargains). One of my good friends from camp Fran goes to uni in Cambridge so we had a semi reunion ...