Quaint Cambridge

St Catherine's College, Cambridge
Sep 2009
It was my second time in Cambridge
the first was for a full-day meeting
and i spent the whole day in a seminar room at the Double Tree
so there was no chance to see anything at all
this time was slightly better.. just, really, because we were staying overnight

the three of us booked ourselves into St Catherine's College
and it turned out to be a really pleasant surprise
because each room had a little attic loft
sweet!

We had just about an hour to kill before the networking meeting
so we decided to take a walk
the walkway to the dorms was very charming
there was this tiny doorway.. on top of which was an ancient bell

Cambridge was tiny.. we didn't know what to do with the one hour that we had
it wasn't long enough to go punting or to head to a cafe or a pub
but there just wasn't very much else to do

so we walked along High Street (in the UK, the main street in town/village centre is called High Street)
Everywhere we turned was a university building..
and University of Cambrige is 800 years old (the red flag)

I was really amused when i saw this in the window of one of the shops

Cambridge, expectedly, was full of amazing buildings
but i have to say i was most impressed by King's College and it's chapel

you actually have to pay to enter the grounds of the college
i mean.. really..
and at each gate, there was someone dressed in acaedemic robes manning the gate

a wierd contraption of a metallic insect riding a clock

After the meeting, we had dinner at the Cambridge Chop House
which was just directly opposite the King's College Chapel
It was this really cosy place, kinda canvernous but packed out even on a monday

It was a strange sort of day.. and we were all completely shattered
And i decided to order this dish..
which was some fancy-named thick cut ham with duck egg and wedges
and it turned out to be fried egg, ham and wedges..
so i had breakfast for dinner
yea..
odd, ain't it?