Random storm in Cambridge!

Woke up kinda blue today, don't know why. Sun was shining, birds were chirping - all in all it was great! Had breakfast, lazed about for a bit then started the day.

I decided to walk a new way into town, down through the Fens. This is kind of a marshy/boggy/tree area - and it was surprisingly lovely in the early morning light. I took quite a few photos!!

I then went to the Fitzwilliam Museum. Its Cambridge's public museum (many of the colleges/departments/etc have their own private ones). This museum was like a mini British Museum and National Gallery combined. Lots of interesting stuff, most unique being the pottery room. Mom, I saw some early early Toby Jugs!! No photos allowed tho (doh).

Then I walked up to St. Mary's Church and climbed up the tower. As per usual with me, if I can climb it, I will! Its the highest tower in Cambridge so I got some pretty nice views. The funny thing was, when I arrived at the church the sky was blue, when I got to the top of the tower it was starting to get cloudy, and when I got back down again I could tell rain was coming. The wind had really picked up and it was chilly. The timing was perfect though as I had to get back to Selwyn and prep for class. I made it back to my college just before the hail/thunder/lightening hit!

Class was interesting - and a bit sad, as it was the last one, and now I'm back to being my own teacher. I'm serious when I say I won't exist when I get home - I have SO much work to do... sorry in advance!

After class I had the horrible job of packing up my room... and it sure seems like my suitcase shrinks when I'm over here, and I honestly haven't done any shopping! I guess I'm just out of practice with my packing ha ha ha. It seems to be smushed in for now - but no opening it!

After dinner I decided to do another walk just to say bye to the town. And as luck would have it, a gate into town that normally had a person guarding it (to stop people like me using it) was un-guarded! do de do de do.. in I walked! got some great sun-set views of the town... of course it was too good to be true and the groundskeepers found me and kicked me out, but I still got the photos and was cold enough to be happy to come back to Selwyn!!

Tomorrow I hire a car and drive up to Bradford, near Leeds, in central England. I'll be visiting my cousin Charlene and seeing 'Bronte country' (the authors). It's also John of Gaunt territory (Katherine's husband), so I'll do some pilgrimages if I have time!

I don't now what my internet access will be like up there so my blogs may not be as frequent anymore! Toodles for now!!!!