Mulholland Wanderings

Paris closed...

... so we went to Cambridge instead.

Apparantly you can get to Paris at very short notice if you are prepared to pay about £260 each for fares. We'll be going later in the month.

Cambridge was absolutely stunning. We took a train from King's Cross which turned out to be an express and took only 45 to reach Cambridge. It was pouring with rain of course but a nice bus driver directed us to a hotel near the station and then we walked into town.

We'd been advised to hire bikes, and it is obviously the thing to to in Cambridge as there are hundreds available, but we fond we enjoyed the experience on foot. We comfortably walked everywhere in the main part of town and in and out from our hotel.

On Thursday we just wandered around and shopped a bit, there was a market in the town centre and we discovered a lovely little tea shop where I fell for a cat mug and some belgian chocolate. We had pits in a litle pub near the river, saw King's College and bought tickts for a local production of Twelfth Night which we thoroughly enjoyed that night.

On Friday it poured again but we managed to squelch our way to Trinity College and the Round Church. After lunch at a very posh French Restaurant we spent some hours escaping the weather in the Fitzwilliam Museum which was stunning. My Favourite painting was Monet's 'Springtime' and Neil recommends a look at the extensive weaponry display.

In the afternoon we went to Evensong at King's College Chapel which was quite an experience. There were loads of tourists there. I chatted with the choral director after the service, he was very nice and said I should have no trouble finding a choir in London.

We caught a train back to London after the service and arrived home rather footsore but with definite plans to return often.

For all the photos, click on the link at the side.

posted by dianemulholland @ 7:41 AM