An afternoon and evening in Cambridge, UK

I arrived in Cambridge quite a bit later than I had hoped. My train ticket from Heathrow to Cambridge via Kings Cross for 23£ took a really long time to purchase at the airport.

But, after arriving at the Regent and dropping my stuff around 2 o’clock, I headed straight for the tower at Great St. Marys. 

I looked around at the daily open air market at the pearls, the old books, and other random objects. I didn’t buy anything this time, but the pearls tempted me yet again.

But then it was up to the top of the tower. I took in the amazing views and this time, especially enjoyed the rooftops and the variety of courtyards, hidden away from the passer-bys but open to my bird’s eye view.

 

After that I walked about a block down to the Neros across from Kings College. I took my time sipping my latte and read a bit of the newspaper.

The Cambridge Contemporary Art  gallery held screen prints and linocuts by Angie Lewin and Rob Ryan. They also had a book out which solved my curiosity about how linocuts, screen prints, and lithographs were made.

I purchased two more cards by Angie; I am planning to put them in some frames with big mats.

With only a short bit of daylight and a short time before I had to meet Tim for dinner, I went to the backs. Where I walked over the bridge at Trinity College and found this cool building. 

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We returned to Cote again, a French restaurant we went to in February, because I loved the beef bourguignon the first time I had it. We stopped at the local grocery store Sainsburys before dinner and picked up some chocolate to have later. We both love the Cadburys milk chocolate here as well as trying out new candy bars like crunchie.  

We walked back to our hotel to get ready for the next day’s big adventure.