Cambridge

King's College Cambridge


The other side of King's College from afield



Today my colleague and I, the other intern Ginger, went to visit someone who is actually in the FSU library program and currently lives and works in Cambridge. She is employed at one of the faculty libraries. It was nice to hang out with two other library school students in Cambridge. We visited most of the major colleges and King's College Chapel. It seems that the history of King's College is deeply rooted in the end of the war of roses and the unification of the House of York and the House of Lancaster. The magnificent chapel seen in the pictures above was largely built during the reigns of Henry VII and VIII to celebrate the Tudor dynasty.

The first college that we visited was Emmanuel. It was small but picturesque and outside was the Cam with Ducks resting by the water. We also saw many punts, or small boats going down the river. Punting is a tradition in both Oxford and Cambridge where boats are guided along the shallow river by large sticks. As I hear it is quite hard and the water is very cold. We saw a drunken student enjoying the holiday weekend, but drinking and punting don't mix as he fell in the water.


Punting on the Cam


Later we visited Trinity Collge, the wealthiest of the colleges.

At St.John's College there was a wedding party. They were taking pictures and the men were dressed in full military dress with swords drawn as you can see in the picture below.



The trip to Cambridge was overall one of my favorite days in England so far. The weather was nice, I was with good company and I ate good food all while seeing one of the world's most historic and prestigious university towns.