3-4 February 2017
While staying out of London when we first arrived in the country, we realised we were on the train line to Cambridge. In fact, we were halfway there from London already! So we booked an overnight room, and headed up on the train for a quick minibreak. We had originally planned a Saturday evening, but since neither of us were working that week, we went with a Friday night for accommodation instead. Much cheaper.
So, on Friday, we got up and got on a train around 10am from the town out to Cambridge! After dropping our luggage at the lovely B&B we were staying in, we headed straight to, you guessed it, the university! We walked pretty much all the colleges (unfortunately, each one charges you separately), and we got confused/lost a bunch. we also browsed a few shops (including Cath Kidston, where I bought a bag to use for school). We stopped for lunch at a Yo! Sushi which it turns out was a bad idea. You guys, it's super expensive - just go to a Wasabi instead.
Then, back to more wandering... We basically did a lot of walking and wandering, wandering and walking! After a few more hours (and some delicious fresh churros from the market), we returned to the guest house for a rest.
Just before sunset, we headed out for photos, but it was too cloudy :( However, while we were walking, we got a call from our agent to let us know we got the apartment we wanted! So, that made our day.
At 5:30 we were back at Kings College Chapel for Evensong with the choir! It was totally a magical experience which I loved. Also, hot tip - Evensong is free, and will save you paying to get into the Chapel during the day. Just saying. Down the road, we found a pub called the Eagle, where they 'invented' DNA (or discovered it, I suppose). They also serve amazing food - I had yummy sloe gin and scampi with chips! So delicious, and the perfect first British pub meal.
For breakfast the next day, we followed the recommendation of one of my Instagram followers and went to Fitzbillies. I had one of their famous Chelsea buns - it was so delicious! It was even still warm from the oven. Yum. It was raining, so we started with a pair of neighbouring museums - the Sedgewick Earth Sciences Museum and the Museum of Archaeology. The Earth Sciences one was quite interesting, lots of fossils and interesting artefacts to look at.
Then we toured the last college, St John's. It was the biggest colege and had some super beautiful buildings. We took so many great photos! We headed to a local pub (forgot the name!) for lunch. We whiled our afternoon away with more general walking/shop browsing/exploring, ending with a hot chocolate. We were back out just before subset, but where yesterday was too cloudy, today was not cloudy enough! Oh well.
We weren't super hungry, so we grabbed some quick sushi, before going back to Kings College Chapel. It turns out that on Saturday nights after Evensong, they have a free organ recital, and as we didn't have the organ at Evensong the previous evening, we went to that. They guy was so talented and even though the music was very modern, it was a gorgeous sound. Then, we had to go home.
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