Cambridge and the Beginning of Term

Well below you will find a picture of me in front of one of the faculty buildings in Cambridge. That is far from the best picture that I took, but it is the one I chose to post. All in all I took over 85 pictures (I can't remember the exact total right now). If you wish to view the pictures I have posted them all on my Facebook profile so you can view them there under the album name of (cleverly enough) Cambridge.

The city itself is rich in history and is incredibly friendly. We arrived at Cambridge around 11 in the morning and where walked to the centre of the city, the location of their local market. It would serve as our meeting point throughout the day so we needed to know where it was. After that we were free to roam and explore the back alleys of this beautiful city. So I walked around with a few of my fellow study abroad students and we just marveled at the fact that we were actually there.

At 1 pm we met back at the market for a formal guided tour. The tour was fascinating and the guide extremely knowledgeable. We walk through King's College and Saint John's College and past most of the other major college's (Trinity, Saint Mary's, etc...). While I am betting most of you are hoping for a long explanation of what I saw and did while there, I cannot oblige. It truly is an experience that must be had to fully understand.

The one thing that I will brag about is that I sat down and had a pint in the Pub where James Watson and Francis Crick made their announcement to the academic faculty at Cambridge of discovering the Double Helix structure of DNA. Talk about history...

Anyways, class began today. I will save my 'this is better here for such a reason and that is better at home for this reason' judgement until later in the term so watch for that. But I just wanted to let you know that class has officially started.