BPP (BAS, Punts and Pints)

Up early and into Cambridge once more so that Chris could go and meet some members of the B.A.S As he did this I took another day to discover Cambridge, taking in a market where I haggled for some bracelets and scarves, I felt quite proud when I was able to get both for a decent price. I moved on and found a very funky shop called Octopus which I love, it sells all sorts of odds and ends which are really really funky and fun, I was tempted to buy one of everything in the store but unfortunately it’s also a very funky, fun and expensive store, so I just had to look and not touch. I did however discover an antique book store and couldn’t help but buy a few small story books there. They cost a little bit, but I figure that with antiques the price is only going to go up… right? Besides which, I thought they were very sweet little books and are already 150 years old, so I’m quite impressed with the quality and state of them both. Chris and I then met up where we made our way up the spiral of St Margaret’s Church to the roof top that gives you an impressive 360 degree view of Cambridge. Those who may be either A) afraid of heights of B) claustrophobic then this little sight seeing jaunt is not for you. I don’t suffer from either of those fears but I did feel my heart beat a little faster the higher we went in the narrow spiral stair case and my grip became vice like on the hand rail!

The steep, winding stair case to the top of St Margarets church for the look out

We then made our way to Kings College Chapel which was quite spectacular and majestic, it has rows of amazing stain glass windows that tell us stories of the days of Christ, we spent some time here taking it all in, there was so much too it all.

Kings College Chapel

After this it was onto the river side where, as it was such a lovely day we decided to go punting. We had been hoping to hire a punt ourselves and take it out, but it seemed that every man and his dog had also decided that they too would go punting today, it was chokers with boats out on the water and we watched as first timers struggled to gain control of their boats and steer the thing without crashing (or falling into the drink) For this reason we decided to go with a tour group and it was quite nice to be paddled up the river and be given a history lesson as we did so, there were some interesting facts to be learnt, though it all escapes me now I’m afraid!

To cool down after our leisurely drift upon the river we stopped for a quick drink in a near by bar where we were served by a young man who liked to think himself as a juggler. He threw the bottles, glasses, ice, anything and everything he could, up and over, under and around his head, body and arms. I’m very surprised he didn’t break anything. It was very entertaining to watch though and he certainly got more customers and tips than the other fellas on the bar that day! It was getting late now and we were tired so we head home for another comfortable evening with the gang.

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Chris and Emily on May 1, 2009 from Cambridge, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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