Colleges

It was a long weekend. I took Thursday and Friday off to go to England for Thanksgiving. It was a very good weekend. On Thursday Dave prepared the turkey (actually it was a turkey breast, but still more than enough for the two of us) and while waiting for it we tried another geocache in Thetford. It was located near a Norman castle mound which is called castle hill. No castle, just the hills ;o) We didn't find the cache, but made it back home in time for the turkey, beans, potatos, stuffing, red cabbage.... Hmmm, it was so good.
On Friday we decided to go to Cambridge. Non of us had any idea what to expect there. We went there by car, but decided to park outside the city at a park and ride. That was a very good idea since the traffic is terrible. So we left the car at this parking lot and took the bus (2 Pounds return fare) to the center. Cambridge is fantastic. There are more than 25 colleges, all close to each other, most of them with their own chapel and all of them look like a little palace. And it is really amazing to imagine persons like Newton, Maxwell, Rayleigh etc. working there.
Cambridge was founded in the 1220s when members of the University in Oxford came to the river Cam during a conflict with the town's inhabitants. It was a conflict between "town and gown" and later took place in Cambridge too. The first college were built in 1270. They are best known for their engineering and science faculties. More than 100 Nobel prize winner came from there.
Again we did some geocaching to explore the town. And this time we were successful. After that we decided to have lunch in "The Eagle". This is a pub from 1600. During WW2 air force people signed the ceiling of room.
We didn't visit any museum, but since we are sure to come back again this will be on the agenda for the next visit.
I already flew back to Germany on Saturday. I had tickets for a Chris de Burgh concert on Saturday night in Dortmund, Germany. This was also great, especially the second half when almost everybody left their chairs and were standing in front of the stage. This concert is a kind of tradition. It takes place almost every second year and the first time I went there was back in 1987 or 1988. And this is really long ago....