Cambridge
Trip Start
Sep 27, 2008
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Trip End
Sep 27, 2008
Cambridge,
England,
United Kingdom
Saturday, October 4, 2008
When we got there it was very fogging, we found the Jump on Jump off city tour bus and hoped on board. Our first stop was the Round Church. It is a church that is round, quite cute! We strolled the streets, wandered about a cool art and craft market. We came to Kings Colledge, I was hesitant to pay 5 pounds for admission to Kings' College, but so happy that I did as was stunning, the ceiling was amazing! Very detailed stone work and the stain glass windows that took 30 years to install! it was fabulas, we then walked around the manquired grounds, the buildings were so impressive and the lawns were very well kept, with the perfect pattern mawn into it. By this time the day had cleared very nicely, the sky was blue and clear.
We continued to walk about the town, having a cornish pastie for lunch and purchasing our Cambridge Sweat Shirts from the local market
Markets
. We boarded the bus to make our way to the River Cam for Punting! We jumped on board the punt with a group of other sight seers, it was a fun experience as the river was choc a block with other guided punts and people who had hired a punt, so as you can imagine... they were not very good! (Punting is a like a gondola but the bottom of the boat is flat. A person stands on the back with a long pole, using it to push the boat along and steer it)Here is something interesting that I found out from our punting guide. Prince Charles attended one of the colleges, his dorm he had 6 rooms and 2 bathrooms. He had his body guards attend his lectures. One of the body guards asked if he could sit the exams as he had been in all the lectures, so they allowed him to do so and he got a higher grade than Prince Charles!!!!
After our Punt, we jumped on the last bus of the day, which took us around the last part of the city tour. Cambridge is beautiful, made up of 31 colleges which are collectively Cambridge University, all so stunning. Not too busy either with only a population of about 100 thousand.
With time to spare before our coach home, we grabbed a bite to eat then walked back to coach. We got back to London at 8:30pm, what a lovely day away from the city of London.
xo
