This photo was taken from the train between Cheshunt and Cambridge, England. There were several of these housebarges along this canal. Looks like a fun alternative to RVing.
Punts on the River Cam. They looked like fun. Ted had wanted a photo of me on a bicycle here, but we were concentrating so hard on getting to where we wanted to go that we forgot. There were some bike lanes, but not enough. It was nerve wracking, but we made it and were glad we did it. There were a few tense moments when we had trouble finding where we had chained our bikes.
This is King's College Chapel. Each college is its own community arranged around a courtyard.
We were very surprised by how crowded it was. There was a Bank Holiday on Monday and the weather was beautiful. I am sure that these things added to the crowds. This is the entrance to Trinity College. Of the 82 Nobel Prize winners, half came from this college.
It was exam time so the colleges were closed to visitors, although we saw lots of people ignore the signs. This is the courtyard for Trinity College. Students live and go to classes in these buildings.
The architecture of St. John's College Chapel was so beautiful.
This ancient church is now a museum.
There is shopping all over the place, including a supermarket. Some stores have the typical fare that would appeal to college students and others are after the tourists. Our favorites were the scads of bookstores, none of them chains.
Note the garbage truck on this road, one of the main ones. This town is from medieval times and the roads reflect that.
Christ College is the alma mater of Charles Darwin, one of Ted's heroes.
Due to exams, we could only get this peek at the courtyard of Christ College.It was very humbling to walk/ride where Wordsworth, Isaac Newton, Tennyson, Darwin, and Stephen Hawking had trod.
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