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I was going to combine the last two parts of the trip into one post, but then I realized that Cambridge really deserved it’s own post because it was my favorite place to take photos this go around. Chelsey and I forced ourselves to wake up early to hop a train bound for Cambridge. The plan was to meet up with a bicycle guide in the center of Parker’s Piece, but after waiting around for about half and hour we realized that he wasn’t going to show up. So we headed back to the train station (after grabbing a bite to eat and some coffee) and decided we’d go on our own self guided bike tour of Cambridge. After narrowly being missed by cars we eventually made it off of the main roads and headed out to the countryside in search of the Orchard Tea Garden http://www.orchard-grantchester.com/ where all summer leading up to this trip I’d had visions of us reading and relaxing under the trees while sipping delicious tea and gobbling up scones with clotted cream. Of course, we managed to get lost on the way, but that’s part of the fun. We fulfilled most of the tea and scones fantasy (see the photo below), but it was POURING by the time we reached the tea house and we ended up chilling indoors for a couple of hours. Being Coloradoans we naively thought “No big deal, we’ll just wait out the rain for a little while. Surely it will let up.” 2 hours later with no end to the rain in sight, we realized that we might as well get back on the road and biked our little legs back into town to check out the beautiful university buildings. We looked like drenched rats, but I have to say that despite the fairly miserable weather this was still one of my favorite days on the whole trip. Riding around on bikes in the summer in a strange and beautiful place is my new favorite past-time. I need to get myself a bicycle here at home now.

There are so many old churches and buildings there. I can’t remember which one this is.

Chelsey in front of a pretty church

A Cambridge bridge

View from that same bridge

The Church of St. Andrew and St. Mary in Grantchester England

Nom nom nom

On our way back from Grantchester

Chelsey getting soaked too

Got a couple of long exposure water shots

View of the Granta Pub from Mill Pond in Cambridge

More boats!

Just thought this scene was pretty:)

Near the Villa Italia Restaurant in Cambridge

Got lots of cool shots of these cute boats

On a bridge over the River Cam

Chelsey’s turn

Me and my bike;)

Prettier without us in the shot;)

I think this is the Backs at King’s College

Another lovely view from a river bridge

Haha…Chelsey if kind of awkward on a bike

I think this is the Great Gate at Trinity College

More Punt boats!

Tourists enjoying the River Cam

Punting in Cambridge

It’s all about the details people…just a pretty sidewalk in Cambridge:)

My favorite photo taken on this entire trip:)