Published: June 14th 2006June 10th 2006
We travelled through England on the day that their team played its first World Cup match. There were flags flying, the pubs were full and not much traffic around!
Our destination was the university city of Cambridge to stay with friends. They showed us around the city, we had a typical English lunch in a pub and went punting on the Cam River (as one does in Cambridge). We were treated to a BBQ (enough to make you homesick!) and sat in their back garden watching squirrels chase each other through the trees. The weather was warm enough for shorts and T-shirts. On Monday we explored the city on foot and then settled into an English pub to watch Australia defeat Japan in the World Cup. There were two other Aussies from Queensland there also (small world). On our last day we took a guided bus tour of the town and learned about the history of the city.
Thank you to Brent and Pam for your wonderful, generous hospitality, we had a very relaxing time - it was great to stay with fellow Aussies!!!
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We're here - UK I mean
Tony and Sam We are currently parked a little way down the road from where you appear to be; we are in Chertsey in Surrey near London (but going up to Nottingham on Sunday, back Monday) at friends. Their number is 01932 560916. We'd love to catch up. We leave next Thursday for NY. By the way we never got to Cambridge in the 4 years we lived here - kind of regrettable I now realise.
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