I experienced England's infamous weather today as I rode the train to the university town of Cambridge. It was actually a welcome break from the hot, humid spell they were having.
I actually got up at a reasonable hour today so that I could make the 1 1/4 hour trip and make it time for lunch. Okay, so maybe I wasn't up that early compared to you morning people, but it was early for me :) I spent the day exploring Cambridge. The architecture is unbelievable. Everywhere you turn there is an ancient building, and if not, there is a large grass park! The weird thing is that there are more tourists packed on those tight streets then I saw all day yesterday in downtown London. I guess universities are hip...
My grandpa Bob was a Fulbright scholar at Cambridge way back when. We have a picture of him and my grandma JB in front of King's College Chapel (I think?) hanging on our wall at home. So I went to Trinity College, the college he was in, and tried to imagine what it would have been like to attend a place like this. It was hard. I love the tradition of it all; I hope that at Cornell I can get a taste of it. I went to the Evensong service they had at King's College, pretty soon I'll have these services memorized. It was beautiful and the congregation was packed.
Oh, and my other England experience today was the "full English breakfast" including toast, an egg, bacon, sausage, beans, and a tomato. The beans were the only weird part for me, the rest was delicious. And I skipped the Cambridge ice cream due to the chilly weather in favor of a pippin' cup of hot chocolate. A pretty good trade under the circumstances.
Tomorrow I am leaving for France. England has been great, but it will be exciting to move on to wilder places where I don't exactly speak the language. Wish me luck!
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