Cambridge

Today was a pretty laid back day with a trip on the train to Cambridge. I was awestruck as we took a cab to the place where we were going to set into the Cam River to go punting...the history and the buildings were overwhelming after all these years of reading and hearing about this city. The weather was a bit windy and cold but we went punting on the river (like a gondola ride in Venice) anyway. This s a super way of seeing all the colleges that make up University of Cambridge, which are closed campuses to visitors. We had blankets and a very cute young man who was our guide. Then it was off to see Kings College Chapel...oh my...wish we could have heard the choir sing in that magnificent building! Then off to lunch with food items I doubt you would find in the USA...blood pudding, Pigeon, pearled barley, to name a few.

Our evensong tonight was again quite good...we sang the Sumsion piece tonight that is my favorite. One of our friends videoed it and I am going to try to upload to FB. The Dean and Canon are very nice and have invited us to have Brandy after the Saturday service at the Canon's backyard. I don't know if that is normal protocol but we feel pretty special!

Then a few of us went to the movies again to see The Infidel...hysterical British comedy about a Muslim that discovers he was adopted and is really a Jew...if it comes to the states so see it! And once again the ads were great....same as Tuesday but just as good seeing them again.

Tomorrow is an off day with most of the choir going to London...since we four will be there after traveling to Italy, we are staying here and taking the train to Peterboro for the day and then perhaps back to Cambridge tomorrow night to the Shakespeare Festival. Whatever we do it will be adventurous and informative and fun!!!