Easter Monday: Visiting Cambridge

Today, I caught the tube out to King's Cross station to catch the rail out to Cambridge, a short trip out through the British countryside.

As I had some time to spare before the twice-hourly train left, I went to the nearby British Library to see original manuscripts, such as the Magna Carta (the original text on the Rule of Law), The Beatle's Yesterday, Handel's Messiah and Marlowe's Dr Faustus. There was also a Chopin exhibition [which one particular person would have been interested in].




Back at King's Cross, I had to leave from Platform 9, which those mere Muggles must use, as opposed to the adjacent Platform 9.75. I read the latest edition of The Economist on the train, which is supposedly a very popular reading choice for trainrides, especially for students.

Cambridge is a beautiful old town that reminds me of the lively, happening student vibe of Stanford and the old British architecture of Sydney University and its colleges. I went to the various closed Colleges and took photos from the threshold but did manage to sneak into St John's. The views play on the theme of green lawns, grand sandstone facades, with the occasional Cam canal with punting tourists.

Behind these high walls is Sidney Sussex College of Cambridge University, which could have been by alternate life had I not stayed in Sydney.

Back in London, I met up with friends for dinner then drinks.

After a day visiting Cambridge colleges, I also visited Regina's good enough college: Goodenough.