Study Abroad: Cambridge

Where to begin? We got up this morning and head up the Piccadilly line to Kings Cross where we met our directors. We hoped on an over ground train that headed to Cambridge from central London. It was about a 45 minute ride and we went super fast.

We arrived in Cambridge and had a long walk to the actual University. Back in the day, they put the railroad station far away from campus so that the kids couldn't go down to London on the weekends to party. Anyways, we arrived to campus, but it is not what you think it would look like at all. The best way to describe the University is a umbrella with a bunch of colleges under the umbrella. In fact, there are now 31 colleges that fall under the University umbrella. It is different than the U of M or Wisconsin in that every college at Cambridge teaches all sorts of subjects. There is no specific college for law or medicine or math, very interesting. The colleges are integrated all throughout the town. There isn't like a set campus, just random colleges all throughout. Anyways, we went on our tour with our guide Mary where we walked through the town looking at a bunch of colleges and seeing the chapel. After our tour we went to find where Mrs. Roberts attended Cambridge and found some markets to walk around in. We stopped at the famous pub called The Eagle. It is said that James Watson discovered the double helix DNA structure. Than a bunch of us, lead by me, went to the Zoology Museum. This museum has so much to offer and see it was so interesting. I loved it, others didn't like it as much. After this, we stopped by the chapel where we went to the evening service. There is a school right across the river Cam that breads children to sing. They apply to get in at age 7 and they come sing in the chapel most nights. It was a great service with readings and prayers. We made the trek back to the train station and headed home. Here are some pictures of the trip.