Tag: Cambridge
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Punting
Anytime we have visitors in Cambridge, of course we take them punting down the River Cam, typically with Scudamores. Sometimes, they arrive excited and eager to punt; other times, they look at us confused and ask, “What’s a punt?” But as I said, of course we go. Punting is so quintessentially Cambridge that it seems…
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Cambs from Above
Finally made it up to the top of Great St. Mary’s for this stellar bird’s-eye view of the city. I walk by the entrance to the tower so often, but I always assumed it was nothing more than a tourist trap until people started telling me, “No, you *have* to go.” Yes, you do have to…
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Winter Botanic Garden
This is not my first time visiting the Cambridge University Botanic Garden; I hope it’s not my last. I love this little place, my own little secret retreat down the street from my house. Last time that I came, it was fall, colorful. It’s amazing to see a place transform with the seasons. The rose…
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Winter Cambs
Weekday wandering around winter Cambs. My new favorite mid-week activity – a break from post-grad, job-app life – is an excursion into the center of town to do two things: (1) buy fresh flowers from the market and (2) aimlessly walk around playing with my camera. And here are some of the results of the…
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Botanic Garden
Travelling far away is exciting, but sometimes it’s worth remembering that one need not go far to explore. I found this little botanic garden a mere twenty-minute walk from my house in Cambridge and decided to spend an afternoon wandering through it in the last hour before it closed for the evening. It was the first…
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Cambs Summer
England in the summertime is a totally different place, which even the locals know and fully embrace. Before I lived here, I had only ever travelled to Europe in the wintertime, and I never thought much of it – it was more affordable. But now that I’ve had the chance to spend bits of summer here, it’s…
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