Jana & Lincoln visit Cambridge!

 

Mark has been teaching his study abroad class each summer since 2012.  I have been blogging about each of our visits to Cambridge and Vienna during these sessions.  We are so happy that this year we can share Cambridge with Jana and Lincoln.  The photos below show some of the places they visited.  For a more detailed explanation of any of these sights and places, go to markanditagotoeurope2012.blogspot.com as well as markanditagotoeurope2013 and markanditagotoeurope2014. 

 

To get to Cambridge, we went to Kings Cross train station and Lincoln got to go on his first official train ride!

 

Forty-five minutes later, we arrived in Cambridge.  Mark teaches at Clare College, which has an Old Court and Memorial Court.  Most of the 31 colleges, such as Clare, have dorms, a buttery (cafeteria) and chapel.  So, we started with Memorial Court but found it was once again taken over by the ARM company for a week of conferences, so I didn't take photos, but it was very nice leading J&L through Clare College  to the dorms, introducing them to Sally in the main office, visiting the Great Hall Dining Room, and walking through the beautiful English gardens of Clare College.  Below is the Fellows Garden.

After crossing the oldest bridge in Cambridge, we stop for a rest at the Scholar's Garden:

And Lincoln enjoys watching the punts and ducks in the River Cam:

After we left Clare College, we went to King's Chapel next door.  Then, we walked on the cobblestones down the Senate Passage (our usual daily route into the town of Cambridge), which intersects with Kings Parade, a beautiful long road where Kings College and other beautiful buildings flank on both sides.  Here, having just left Senate Passage at Kings Parade, Jana and Lincoln pause for a break:

While Jana and I shopped at Cath Kidston, Mark took Lincoln to Benet's Ice Cream Shoppe.
When we caught up with them, Lincoln was still enjoying his chocolate ice cream:

Lunch was at the Eagle Pub, of course!!

After more shopping in Cambridge, we walked to the Fitzwilliam, a museum of notable paintings,
sculptures, collections of ancient Greek artifacts, and medieval English suits of armor and armaments:

As we walked back into town to return to the train station, we stopped at the Corpus Clock - it usually has quite a good size crowd around it.

 

 

Tomorrow, we fly to Ireland!