Punting Isn't Just In Football!

I got my traveling party pants back on, ladies and gentlemen! Despite having an entire day off from class in the middle of the week, Stacey and I just couldn't help but spend a day on campus.  But this time in Cambridge, home of the many colleges of the world famous University of Cambridge. 

The River Avon in Cambridge

It was quite a trek to get out to Cambridge. Between a bus, a train, a tube, and walking, it took us about 3 hours to get there from Reading. When we finally got there, we were so determined to finally have our picnic lunch that we found a park in the middle of Cambridge and ate in the freezing cold.  It always seems like a good idea until the weather decides not to cooperate with us!

The cute park where Stacey and I had a picnic

One of those things that you just HAVE to do when you go to Cambridge is to go punting...so of course Stacey and I couldn't pass it up!  Punting is kind of like a form of rowing where the punter stands on the back of a flat bottom boat and drops a long pole into the river and more or less pushes the boat through the water.  Sounds confusing trying to explain it but it really is quite simple.  

Our punter/tour guide

But it was so cute because we had our coffees and blankets and got a little tour down "The Backs" aka the back sides of all the Cambridge colleges along the River Avon.  It was a really great experience and we learned a lot about Cambridge!

Punting was so much fun!

We spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the different colleges of Cambridge including Trinity College and King's College.  It was kind of fun to imagine what it would be like to actually be a student there.  Some of the most intelligent people in the world have come out of Cambridge.  It really is remarkable.  

Trinity College...I look like a elf next to it haha!

The end of our day at Cambridge consisted of attending a service at King's College Chapel to hear the world renowned choir, visiting The Eagle pub where Watson and Crick discovered DNA, and eating a nice candlelight dinner for two at a really unique restaurant.  It was actually really funny because the place we went for dinner was a tad bit on the romantic side.  I think it might be safe to say that I have been on as many dates with Stacey as I have with Ed by now.

Stacey and I inside King's College

But this weeks Uk adventures didn't stop there...next stop, Bath!!