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Without further ado, my first picture blog:

There's a bunch of these in the town, and I just had to be all touristy and get a picture

This is Me and Ana from the top of the doubledecker sightseeing bus.

Gorgeous, right? This is just the BACK of one of the colleges, but a good example of all the gorgeous architecture here.

I took this on the top of the sightseeing bus.

We're standing behind the Isaac Newton tree, which is grown from an apple off the tree which he supposedly sat under as he realized the theory of gravitation. Sounds pretty farfetched to me...

This is in front of Corpus Christi College, another part of Cambridge University, but closer in town than Selwyn.

On weekends street acts come out to perform. This living statue was pretty funny.

An example of how pretty the shops are.

The cutest cupcakes at the local bakery...I had to get a pic. I will be buying an eclair from here in the very near future.

These signs are all over Cambridge.

It felt like a good photo op.

This is the path that takes us from the dining hall to our classes.

This is the front of the porter's lodge, into which you can see a bit of Selwyn College

A bit of the extremely gorgeous Selwyn Gardens.

A part of the gorgeous gardens of Newnham College. I walk past here every morning to get to my Shakespeare class

Here's the room where the Shakespeare class meets.

Here's a part of my dorm. You can't really see it but this is a separate room from the picture below. You can't see the wardrobe, but it's very cozy.

This is the other room that is part of my dorm. The housekeeper told me that I was lucky to get the biggest room in the building.


So the one on top is the left side of Selwyn, and then under that is the right side. That staircase on the right leads to the dining hall. What you don't see is on the far right, the Selwyn Pub. Also, this picture doesn't show the very stern Do Not Walk On the Grass sign.
So that's my very first picture blog. Let me know what you think! I will have some more soon. I will post an update in a day or two on some more fun experiences, including my first night clubbing in Cambridge, a Shakespeare performance in the gardens, and whatever else interesting I can think of. Miss you all, love you all! Cheers!
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ReplyDeletehave you climbed INSIDE the wardrobe yet?
ReplyDeleteyou never know what jystical journeys you could stumble upon.
just a thought.
Oh, Jonathan...you and your jystical journeys.
ReplyDeleteGotta love those living statues! And did I ever tell you there's one of them "Isaac Newton trees" at NIST?
i love the garden as you walk to class each a.m. what great zen! looks like great times! love you, aunt su
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful...those buildings are fantastic! And the gardens... Hope you are enjoying every minute. How was the performance of Merchant of Venice? What's it like watching Shakespeare being acted by "the natives"?
ReplyDeleteLove you and miss you,
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