Cambridge

September 6th, 2014

      We went on our first adventure out of Harlow! We decided to go to Cambridge our first weekend here. To get to Cambridge, we had to take a TRAIN. It was my first time ever on a train, and I was excited and nervous all at the same time. While we were waiting for our train, the other trains were just zooming by; honestly I was expecting to die on the train ride. Thankfully, I survived and after just under an hour, we were in Cambridge.

Selfie on my first train ride!

At the train station.

      Once we left the train station, we took a bus to the town center and began to walk around trying to find something to do. We went inside an old church and walked around the grounds of some colleges. Next we found the mall, which is huge and apparently where a lot of people go to do their Christmas shopping. After we left the mall, we had our lunch on a park bench in a lovely park, which we later discovered was called Christ's Pieces. We walked around the park for a while after lunch and accidentally stumbled upon the Princess Diana Memorial Garden, which was pretty cool.

                                     

Princess Diana Memorial Garden

     We noticed there were a few double decker tour busses, so we hopped on one and were able to see most of Cambridge and learn a lot of it's history. Some of the most memorable things we saw during the tour were some people punting, we didn't do it that day, however we may go back later; it looked kind of fun. We also saw the round church, which is one of four round churches still in use in England. After our tour, we decided to head back to Harlow!

Punting

The Round Church