A Day in Cambridge

Friday, the day after the Harry Potter palooza, we left at 8am and headed to Cambridge. It was a two hour drive and we all slept the ENTIRE drive. Even after that two hour nap I couldn't loose my Harry Potter hangover. We started off the day with a cruise down the Cam river. It was beautiful! It is called "punting" and we grabbed one of the Gardner boys, Owen, to be our "punter" and row us around. Come on us girls couldn't be expected to row down the river! He turned out to be a GREAT choice because we lapped all of the groups and made it back with no problem. It was really fun to see everything and the weather was perfect!
After our little river ride we stopped for some caffeine and a scone at a little coffee shop. Then we headed through the city looking at all of the different colleges. It was really cool to see where so many famous alumni have studied. Some of the people we learned about were Prince Charles, Isaac Newton, and C.S. Lewis. Seeing the colleges and the cute town made me wish I was a student at Cambridge! Too bad I'm not royalty or a genius.
As we were walking around we found a little market right in the center of town. We walked around that for an hour or so and found some really fun things! I got some delicious cherries and turkish delights, I had to try those. The turkish delights were not so tasty, the rose flavor tasted like perfume in my mouth but the lemon wasn't too bad! We searched for a place to eat around the market and found this yummy place to have some traditional English "jacket potatoes", just a baked potato that you can put a ton of different things in. I got a bean and cheese jacket potato. It was so good! After our lunch we were so lethargic so we walked around for another hour and saw a McDonald's close to our meeting point so we decided to go in for a little break. We sat down and ended up falling asleep. I realize how embarrassing this is, three girls sprawled out on a table asleep. And to top this off after slipping into a deep slumber a McDonald's employee came and shook Catie awake saying "No sleeping!!" so we left, extremely embarrassed, looking like homeless people. We made it back to the meeting place where the rest of the Harry Potter crew was passed out on the grass waiting for everyone else. After seeing that I didn't feel as embarrassed but still, I was sleeping in a McDonald's.
Once we were home we made some yummy dinner, spaghetti from a little meal box, put on our sweats, and turned on a movie. It was a great day and a great night! We even got to catch up on our sleep :)
Here are some pictures!!