http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Cambridgeshire , Cambridge en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:11:06 BST Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:11:06 BST Well 1 week to goInjections are overMalaria medication boughtVisa confirmedHotel for 1st 2 nights booked cheers mum and dad imstaying at the Shangri La oooh la laBags packed.Ah.....a snag there.Ive packed far too muchIve gotToiletries bag hugeMossie netTravel towel surprisingly small8 X tshirts yes 82X Craghopper trousers1X Jeans im going to a tropical climate ffs3X Shorts oh d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-314320.html Emily and I took a bus on Monday to see Cambridge Thanks to a wonderful letter from my dad we knew all the hot spots to hit. After walking by most of the schools and checking out the Corpus Christi courts we went to the Wren Library. There were original copies of Winnie the Pooh and Newtons Mathmatica. I'm not sure which was more impressive.I popped inside Kings College Chapel which was gorgeous http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-308905.html So last week I took a few days off of work to take a fourday trip to Ireland I arrived late Wednesday night in Dublin at probably the best youth hostel I have ever stayed in. My room was clean new had TWO bathrooms two and a full kitchenalso there was an amazing FREE full Irish breakfast in the morning My first day in Ireland I actually spent on a tour from Dublin Newgrange a neolithic http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-307734.html A Celebration of Music and Dance was a HUGE success Thank you to everyone who took part performing and applauding o We've raised over 900. Let's see if we can top 1000.... more donations always welcome.Everything is coming together for my departure on Tuesday. The guitar now has a nice sturdy case to survive the hold on the plane. The percussion instruments have been ordered and will ho http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-307040.html Hello everyoneOk so I haven't left quite yet but preparations are well underway. 'A Celebration of Music and Dance' is happening this Saturday 19th July 8pm at St Pauls Church Hills Road. Looking forward to seeing you there.Watch this space...... soon to appear..... tales of music and dance in Cambodia.......love Heather http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-300560.html Its been a while but over the past few weeks I haveWorked. Everything in the lab is going really well and I really like the people I am working with.Ely. Ely is a small town about a ten minute train ride from Cambridge with a HUGE and AMAZING cathedral. On the inside its absolutly gorgeous with painted walls and ceiling. It is a bit odd though that such a huge cathedral is in such a small to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-299284.html The next day we went to see my dad's mum in Norwich and we stopped in Cambridge. When I woke up I decided to watch some tv for about half an hour. Then my dad got up and then we started getting ready. I got mostly all my stuff I wanted to bring and put it in my bag. When I was ready my dad went to collect the rental car. About 30 mins into the trip we discovered I had left my coat behind. Then 5 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-290241.html So its been a while two weekends ago my parents arrived in the UK for a twoweek trip to visit me and some family friends scattered around the country. They came to Cambridge last Friday evening for a quick visit and a meal at the Eagle pub see my previous entry and then I drove back with them to the small village of Helpston to visit the Davies family The visit was a great chance to catch up http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-288091.html Yesterday I went to Cambridge It was freezing yesterday as in it didn't get above 15 degrees apparently and I was not at all appropriately dressed for such weather.. and because of this it put a damper on no pun intended my Cambridge experience.I got in there at around 11 and made my way to the city centre. I went into Kings College Chapel Kings college was built around the same time as Eto http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-286937.html On Sunday I took a minibus tour to Windsor and Oxford. All day it looked and felt as if it was just about to rain but luckily it held off until we were safely back on the bus returning to Cambridge.Windsor is an absolutely beautiful town across the river Thames from Eton home to Eton collegewhere the Princes went to school. Windsor castle is the oldest inhabited castle in the world and is http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-283391.html I spent the better part of this afternoon wandering around the touristy bits of Cambridge and taking pictures. I found a super cheap USB cable for sale in shop in the city which means I can upload pictures Because I have a Cambridge ID I can get into all of these places for FREE which makes for a super cheap day out exploring First I wandered around inside St. John's college. The grounds of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-282302.html Wednesday May 28thDrove out of York very early well before 5am. Bit of rain. Got into Cambridge at 7.30am. Decided to park about 1km out of town found all day parking. When we walked into town we had lucked out and it was about a 600m walk to Kings College and Trinity College. We had a wonderful day wandering the old streets of Cambridge dropping in on gorgeous cake shops and of course http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-281546.html After only one week of work it is a threeday Bank Holiday weekend Bank Holidays are public holidays akin to Memorial Day and Labor Day in the US however they are generally granted with the sole intent of giving everyone a day off and not in celebration of anything in particular.On Saturday my friend Carolyn Donohue who is currently on a weeklong layover in Norwich on her way to a summer jo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-280330.html Heyyyyyyy ya'll On Friday night we decided to go with a large group to karaoke about 15 min from Kensington. It was a group of about 20 people. We made our way to the karaoke bar by the tube but had to take at night bus on the way back. I will explain why later. Aimee my roommate sang Spice Girls Wannabe with our friend Sarah. I was the official picture taker because I am not much of a singer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-279740.html Hello again everyone It has only been a few days since the last entry and I feel like I have been doing so much. First of all where I left off last time was with the Manchester United vs. Chelsea soccer match. It was a fantastic game and I was able to watch it at the local imperial college with hundreds of other students. I will try to upload pictures to give you an idea of how many people showe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-279724.html After flight changes flight delays exceeding the weight requirement on luggage and navigating through London and to Cambridge with said luggage in tow I finally made it to Fitzwilliam College of Cambridge University in tact though extremely exhausted last Saturday. The weather has been stereotypically British not rainy yet but cold dreary and overcast. So to catch you up on what I have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-278477.html We have had a wonderful couple of weeks in the UK the sun has been shining temperatures rising people undressing not always a good thing across commmons and parks throughout London and other parts of the UK hit by this heatwave. The pasty white giving way to the sunburnt and the misty commons are inundated with the mass gathering of humanity soaking up as much Vitamin D as is humanly poss http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-275394.html The Famous Five are four decidedly upperclass middle aged adventurers with a mongrel Sherpa who go to Philosophy together and take part other similar antics in the city of Cambridge. They want nothing more than to have a great time strolling and biking around the countryside having picnics discussing the meaning of life and generally having jolly good fun. Unlike the Secret Seven and the Five F http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-273348.html Hi everyone Just to let you all know that the C2C bikeride will be taking place this year.Ian Anne and Stuart will be riding Coast to Coast from Whitehaven to Newcastle starting on Thursday 8 May 2008. We will send you daily updates of progress.They will be fully supported and assisted by Sherpa Carrie and her trusty assistant Sherpa AlisonWatch this space to see the fun we are going to have.L http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-272459.html hey loves. okay so since my last thing was quite bitchy and angry i thought i would spread some love and happiness this time im at work right now which blows. i hate working lol but its fine for now there is so much that is going to start happening soon im going on the special K diet starting today. yumm yumm then this saturday were having an engagement party at my aunts house in camb http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-271792.html i rememeber like a month before grad i had decided that i wouldnt go to uni or anything and i would move back to africa and spend my days surfing and lying in the sun while boozing my brains out ever single night while frequently taking trips to exotic places and visiting all over the world. so i spent my summer doing nothing while everyone was busy prepping to go off to school i spent most of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-269188.html As the title suggests we are back in chilly UK and it only took 25 hours to get here We had to get up at 530am to get a taxi at 6 to go Ko Samui airport. After a very short flight to Bangkok we had to wait 4 hours for our flight back to Heathrow. Luckily we were flying direct. Once we landed it was a further 5 hours before we were finally home. I reconfirmed that I hate Heathrow especially the c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-257724.html Hello to anyone looking in. I have never done anykind of blog before and am sneaking this in whilst at work TeeHee. I will bring in some pictures from travels and add to this blog from each holiday and visit.We live in a beautiful village called Barrington 8 miles from Cambridge in a lovely rural location.I spent 24 years in the Coldstream Guards and saw quite a lot of the world.We have been marri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-257658.html Carlo Jimena and I headed up to Cambridge for the weekend as an escape from London and to see more of England while wersquore here. On the way in the city centre we found a farm show at the park which we had a good look around before dropping our gear off at the only backpackers in town. We had organised a walking tour around Cambridge starting off at The Eagle a pub where top academic minds http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-256953.html So I thought I should write a bit before I leave and tell you what the initial plans are.I fly to India on the 2nd March. Yes Mother's Day. My present to my wonderful mother is to start her worrying for 2 12 months.I fly into Delhi were I will be met by the organisers of my volunteering trip. I along with 9 other volunteers stay one night in Delhi before travelling onto Jaipur. After 3 days s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-250571.html These are a few pictures of my trip to Cambridge It really wasn't the greatest city in the world but it's obviously a very rich community and had a lot of pretty buildings http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-239667.html We're back in Cambridge wearing extra layers of clothes as it's so cold and we're used to the heat. Our tans are already fading but we have 100s of photos and memories. That's8 countries18 flights most backpackers fly less bus moreToo many bus journeys not enough boat trips36 hotelsBBs 2 rented houses and 2 spare rooms thanks Gwyn and Kate5 lost pairs of sunglasses2 lost wallets 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-234609.html So with a little bit of spare time and a nice kiwi that I met along my travels I decided to head off and explore greater England. Cambridge was less than 2 hours away by train yet seemed worlds away from London. We had managed to visit during the quiet season and as a result it took us a day or so of wandering the streets to actually bump into anybody. A bit of a ghost town this time of year... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-220745.html Our trip has finally come to an end and as we will be returning home tomorrow this will be the last entry. Unfortunately without any photos as I cannot download any from Jacqui's antique computerAs the British would sayour trip went pear shaped when both Don and I came down with nasty viral infections whilst staying in Devon. Needless to say we wound up not being able to get out and about a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-220172.html Wednesday 17th OctoberIt looked a little bleak when we woke up this morning but we decided to continue with our plan to go to Cambridge. What a great decision The weather improved and we had beautiful blue skies for the first time in days. It wasnrsquot until later in the afternoon that we lost the sun but even then it was fine even if a little cool.We stopped just outside of Cambridge at Babra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/blog-212068.html