Royal Cambridge

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... boilers that covered one entire wall… the kitchen table was about 30’ long. Unbelievable!! We’d been told that Cambridge betters Oxford when it comes to University towns, so we gave it the benefit of the doubt and paid a visit… ...

... Kit in action as a punter. After that, we went for a pint of cider at The Pickerel across the street. The Pickerel is actually Cambridge’s oldest pub. While we were there, we met up with Liz who was a friend of the Indonesia crew and had been with ...

... in the Royal Navy. It turns out these colleges are huge businesses with very substantial turnovers. After lunch I cruised around Cambridge some more, buying some books, having tea and taking photos. All the while I couldn't help thinking about how ...

... -wise, because this morning Jonathan, Alison, and I woke up bright and early to catch a train from Liverpool Street Station up to Cambridge. Some of us are planning to go on the ISH trip to Oxford in early November, but the trip to Cambridge is scheduled ...

... director of sales for the UK to discuss selling our ice cream carts here.  We had a great discussion with him at the Royal Cambridge Hotel over a cold Guiness and creamed tea.  I had the Guinness, Maggie had the tea. Creamed tea means they bring ...

... hvordan de tok imot nye studenter. Vel fremme i Massachusetts sjekket vi inn på hotell rett ved MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) i Cambridge. Rett over elven for Boston. På veien opp løste vi logiske nøtter vi fant på internett. Dette var ...

... , but trade declined in later centuries. The wharf was still in use in 1845, but the opening of the London-Cambridge railway line removed its commercial purpose and it closed. More recently the river has been used primarily for leisure purposes.” ...

... little event on the telly. April 29, 2011:            Great Wilbraham and Cambridge So, we did indeed watch “the great event” from roadside seats. Not at Buckingham Palace however, but on ...

... did not falter! In the morning Mim´s friend Geneveive came up from London for the day. We felt we hadn´t quite done Cambridge justice yet, especially since our guide was from "the other place" and particularly biased. Punting is the done thing, and so ...

... a pint and then I did some quick shopping. I made a bee-line for Disney store and picked up a stuffed Pooh bear who's wearing a Cambridge sweater! I couldn't believe they even had such a thing! Then I got a little bit lost with one of my roommates but we ...

In Cambridge only for two nights, just a quick pit stop at Mary's to plan my road trip to Queenstown. Stopped in Matamata on the way back, just to get a photo of the town sign (Welcome to Hobbiton), and passed the Hobbiton set again, just to sate my ...

... would house Royalty, not a bunch of young students who come home and, um, treat their walls much differently than that proper royal would. A river runs through the center of town, directly next to the school and has punters, boats where a person stands ...

I traveled to Boston / Cambridge a few years back for training and absolutely loved it.  I stayed in the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge and got to tour Harvard while I was there.  Harvard Square felt international to me - I've never been ...

... white dude who thinks everyone else is scared of him. So, it was good for some people watching. Some interesting facts about Cambridge: - It's the hometown of Pink Floyd. As far as I can tell, there's no statue or plaque commemorating that fact, ...

... Anyway, we spent some time walking around that area, then headed back to the hostel to sleep and prepare for a day trip to Cambridge. We got a relatively early train to Cambridge, but the 45-minute trip just made me even sleepier. It was kind of a ...

... with Christian's friend Nick to the Pitt Club. The Pitt Club is this exclusive gentleman’s club-kind of like the fraternity of Cambridge-to which Nick and Christian both belong. I thought it would be interesting to see, but I felt a bit out of ...

... morning. Again, those of you who know me when I don't have sleep know that is not a good combination, haha. Last weekend I went to Cambridge on Friday. It was a lot of fun! We took the train from King's Cross, and I got to see Platform 9 3/4! I took ...

Sunday toured Cambridge.  There are around 35 large colleges and many smaller colleges.  We toured Trinity College, founded in 1546 by Henry VIII.  Some of these colleges were built in 1209.  This college nurtured many leading ...