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Lady Visits a College in Cambridge
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 December 2011
Most visitors to Cambridge don’t see much of the university’s interior. The colleges are strict about who gets in and out of the gates in order to protect students from massive tourist crowds. As such, I was excited to receive an invitation to attend a few special events at Newnham College at Cambridge University. The [...]
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Musings on a Multitude of Multi-facted Museums – Cambridge
Blog: No Beaten Path - 22 March 2011
Some days you (or your travelling companion) might not feel like visiting colleges, and be looking for something else to occupy your time in Cambridge.
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The Haunted History of Cambridge, England
Blog: Solo Traveler - 30 October 2010
Halloween night immersed in the haunted history of Cambridge, England seeking ghosts of the famous and the infamous.
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Punting in Cambridge, England
Blog: Landlopers - 15 July 2010
The summer after I graduated from college, I fulfilled a lifelong dream and backpacked around England and Scotland. It was my first time as a solo traveler and it helped instill a lifelong love of experiential travel. One of my experiences though proved the maxim that sometimes the best memories come from the worst experiences. I [...]
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Lady in Cambridge
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 February 2010
Today I set out on a journey to Cambridge. I've been to Oxford three times in my life, but have largely--albeit unintentionally--ignored its rival to the northeast. I set out this morning from King's Cross Station to rectify the imbalance.
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So this is England.
Blog: Leave Me Here - 1 January 2010
I didn’t really feel like celebrating Christmas and New Years sitting in a hotel room, in Iran, by myself, so I made a little detour to the land of Robin Hood. The last couple of weeks have looked like this.. CHRISTMAS!! University Thanks Santa! Amy’s Mince Pies of Death (made all who ate them terribly ill). Lundun “its a Viaduct” Falafel never gets [...]
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just another day at the best uni in the world; Cambridge
Blog: arnika round the world - 7 December 2009
My trip around England began to feel like a bit of a university tour as I left York uni for Cambridge to meet up with Pete, a guy I meet in Romania last year who had somehow convinced the university to give him a grant to travel in Romania and write his dissertation on backpackers. [...]
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Punting in Cambridge
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 18 August 2009
(Note: this post will be better read with an English accent. Turn on the little Brit chap/lass in you) J.K. Rowling forgot to include something in the Harry Potter world while mimicking the Oxbridge academic environment: Punting! They could even punt with their brooms in some sort of canals full of magic ectoplasm or some other [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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