On Saturday Bridget took us through to Cambridge. We did the park and ride thing which is a great way to come across this beautiful city. The surrounding countryside is fairly flat and undistinguished and then rising out of that is this incredible architecture with beautiful gardens and hordes of people. This is just the beginning of the season! There is such a feeling of age and academia. We didn't think to check beforehand but it turned out that this was a graduation weekend so all the colleges were closed to visitors - deep disappointment but reason to go back. There is so much to see and we were able to look through doorways longingly.
We came across this group of graduates waiting to enter their ceremony.
Mainly girls, hmmm. And with fur lined graduate gowns. Way to go! It was a pretty chilly day but the sun was shining.
Every way you turn is just architectural feature after feature and absolutely full of life. There was some pretty good shopping too.
The preferred mode of transport is bicycle or on foot. Good thing too as there really isn't much parking and most of the roads are cobble stones.
We could walk through this college - I can't recall the name though. Isn't this tree jewel like? Spring!
Ducking through a side corridor we came across this pianist performing to an empty chapel.
Then out through another archway ..
.. we finally came to the river Cam. Students punting were doing a roaring trade.
On the other side were fields of flowers
And a rather strange japanese type sculpture.
Walking along the other side of the river we could see more colleges through the still bare winter trees.
And more impressive buildings
Then it was time for lunch and some retail distraction. Only after we had ice cream did we come across this queue for Gelato. I had to take this picture so we know where to go back to next time. We walked past a couple of times and the queue was as long as ever.
Some more buildings - it is mind boggling how much there is to see in such a small area.
Then back on the bus and homeward bound. It was a lovely day and a lovely weekend.
Thanks Girls!
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