Category: United Kingdom
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Atlantic Cup
Sun, sport, and (maybe a little too much) prosecco. Does it get any better? The Atlantic Cup is an annual polo tournament between Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, and Yale. A group of us Americans took it upon ourselves to show up at the Cambridge County Polo Club to root for our home team(s). I went a little…
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Canterbury
A spontaneous day-trip, back in time – the kind that would make my high school English teachers swoon. The Canterbury of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, our very own “pilgrimage.” Canterbury is about an hour and a half drive from us in Cambridge; it’s also possible to take the train direct from London. That being said, I’ve barely…
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Granchester Meadows
Oh my goodness, I don’t even know where to begin with this discovery. It was the first really warm day of the year (over 70 on Saturday and up to 80 the following day), and I was feeling really sad about being so far away from the beach (about ~2 hours for an ok, but…
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Garden
Since my final exams take place at the end of May, I’ve been spending a lot of time back in my garden reading and studying. It’s been so nice out; staying inside and sitting at a desk seem horrible. This was not the first time I did this, but this day WAS the first time I wasn’t…
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White Cliffs
The White Cliffs of Dover. It’s really quite hard to write anything at all that would do this place justice. It’s just absolutely stunning. Profound. Green and white and blue. Vast and quaint. Full of people, totally isolated. I love being on the sea. It’s my absolutely favorite place to be. This trip was so…
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East London
East London on a spring day. I had no idea London had such a thriving houseboat community. And that sunset. It was gorgeous.
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