Saturday September 20, 2014
Cambridge, England
Cambridge was well worth a visit. It is a very short and affordable train ride away from Grantham and I enjoyed every minute of it... well almost.
We started the day walking towards the colleges. Just like everywhere else I have been, there are so many beautiful buildings in Cambridge. They biggest issue I have is remembering what they are. haha. For example, most of these buildings, I have no idea what they are for, just that they are beautiful.
Cambridge is interesting because it's unlike most universities. It is made up of separate colleges that act as separate entities. It's funny to me how some things in England are just barely different but it's enough to make a noticeable difference. Unlike America, schools here do not have "general education" requirements, the students study solely in their area of interest. So unlike WKU, where we are made of colleges and students make take classes from each college, students at Cambridge will only attend one of the colleges for their entire education.
Cambridge was well worth a visit. It is a very short and affordable train ride away from Grantham and I enjoyed every minute of it... well almost.
We started the day walking towards the colleges. Just like everywhere else I have been, there are so many beautiful buildings in Cambridge. They biggest issue I have is remembering what they are. haha. For example, most of these buildings, I have no idea what they are for, just that they are beautiful.
Cambridge is interesting because it's unlike most universities. It is made up of separate colleges that act as separate entities. It's funny to me how some things in England are just barely different but it's enough to make a noticeable difference. Unlike America, schools here do not have "general education" requirements, the students study solely in their area of interest. So unlike WKU, where we are made of colleges and students make take classes from each college, students at Cambridge will only attend one of the colleges for their entire education.
King's Chapel
I gave up trying to make sure Brittany
wasn't in my pictures...
Clare College
We walked past a couple of the colleges before we were asked if we wanted to go on a punt tour. We were already planning on doing one, so when we were offered a great deal on a tour, we had to do it! Michael was our tour guide (Megan seemed excited about this...) he told us fun facts about the colleges that we never would have known if we didn't go on the tour. Plus as an added bonus, he was funny, so we weren't bored or drowned by too many facts.
King's College Lawn from the Backs
The Mathematical Bridge
Clare Bridge
St. John's College
The Great Gate of Trinity College
St. John's College New Court
I'm not going to lie and say that I remember all the fun facts, but I do remember the one about gardens. Haha, my friends won't be surprised. They make fun of me for my love of flowers. One thing Michael told us was that if you attended Queen's College you could get married in the chapel and use the garden for your wedding for free. David thinks that I would choose to go somewhere solely for that reason. I think he's mean. I love flowers, but not that much, haha. The punting tour was my favorite part of the day.
After punting we only had a couple hours which we used to look around the market and other shops in town. When it was time to head back to the train station it started to rain, which was no big deal. Then it kept raining. And kept raining, and before we knew it, it was pouring. Poor David though, he didn't have a rain coat or umbrella or anything. Even those of us who did were still pretty wet. My raincoat kept my upper body dry but my legs were soaked from splashing through puddles in our hurry to get to the train on time.
Aside from getting soaked, I loved the time we had in Cambridge, like every other place I've ever been, I definitely could have spent more time there. Cambridge was so fascinating with its history and numerous beautiful buildings.
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