cambridge tour

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We got a walking tour of cambridge from a local woman who didn't talk too loud, so i think i missed like 15% of the tour, but what i did hear was interesting. Cambridge University is made up of 34 colleges, dating back to the 1600s which are all over town with gorgeous historic buildings. We saw where Isaac Newton stayed & the apple tree he sat under (ok, it was a descendant of the apple tree he sat under), the cavendish lab where watson & crick discovered the make up of DNA & the eagle pub where they announced it to the world.
We also met our history professor today, which is interesting since he's an experting in British history, but is Irish... so we're going to get an interesting take on history.

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Photos

Senate Hill
The Senate House of Cambridge University. At the end of every term they put up boards with students names & grades on it and call it the wailing wall.

Cam
A view of the Cam river.

Isaac Newton
The room (the one jutting out into the grass) is where Isaac Newton stayed when he studied at Cambridge & the tree outside is a descendant of the apple tree he sat under (though it no longer produces apples, so students tie them on sometimes).

Kings College
The chapel is the building in the center where they have a Peter Paul Reuben's Adoration of the Magi (1618) as an altar piece

St Johns College
Notice the 'keep off the grass' sign? Only fellows of the college are allowed to walk across the grass.

Trinity College
Trinity's courtyard & the big bay window behind it and to the right is the dining hall