Blogs from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 3

Gebaut am 9.11.2012 Adoptiert von mir am 24.4.2014 Zuerst wollte ich ihn Pinguin nennen, aber das mochte er nicht; er hat es gezeigt, indem er rumgebockt hat (Reifen platt, Schalter von Seitenständer kaputt). Dann bekam er einen anderen Namen und jetzt ist alles gut.... read more

The right companion can be the difference between a great adventure, and an amazing one. I've had multiple trips to the UK over the last couple of years, and I've had some amazing trips! Of course it always helps to have a local guide. London is an interesting mix between the depressing day to day work grind, and the bus loads of tourists seeing the sights. Don't even think about standing on the wrong site of the Tube escilator, and of course "Mind the gap". Like most cities with the hustle and bustle of work, people usually don't want to speak with strangers, and just want some peace after their daily grind. London offers so many amazing places, and has one of the best city layouts and public transportation I've ever seen. They Oyster card allows ... read more

Geo: 52.2025, 0.131237We travelled in a group of four friends and we took the train from Kings cross to Cambridge station. From the station we headed for the Fitzwilliam museum which is my favourite museum in Cambridge. Fitzwilliam museum Fitzwilliam museum has various Artefacts from Ancient Egypt and Sudan, Greece, Rome, Cyprus and the Ancient Near East, covering many aspects of ancient life; from the thirteenth century to the present day. The exhibits are housed on the two floors and they include armoury, ceramics, furniture and paintings. I liked the Egyptian sarcophagus collection and the ancient Greece rooms. The galleries are upstairs which have the collection of Rembrandt etchings and the works from artists like Picasso, Hogarth, Wright of Derby, Monet, Rodin and many more. The antiquities are of exceptional quality; the exhibits are well preserved ... read more

Geo: 52.2025, 0.131237Cambridge, what a lovely university town. I wish it was term time though, so instead of the myriad of Chinese tourists we would have seen the students. That would have probably been a lot more fun! Anyways, the architecture of the different colleges is fascinating. They all try to be more splendid than the other! Most of them are rather famous or maybe I watched too much of University challenge. I loved that program.We went to the Wren library (part of Trinity college). We had to ask a porter for directions and we ended up chatting with him a little. We asked him how students are assigned to each college. They don't use a sorting hat, instead each student just apply for its three favorites colleges. However, for Trinity they also have to seat ... read more

Over the weekend, we stayed at a friend's home in Cambridge. It was nice to have a couple of home cooked meals, get some washing done and have some space! We were fortunate enough for the boys to have a huge rear garden to run around in, I think 4 toilets in the house and we had separate bedrooms (well, the boys had the same room, I was lucky to have my own!). We enjoyed a late lunch at The Orchard on Saturday afternoon lazily on the deck chairs... img=http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JU3C9rXrxDA/UbY3d2eKvuI/AAAAAAA... read more