Aye Scotland

Last night in Cambridge we went to a cheap burger place and half of us got greek burgers! They had a huge chunk of feta on them and were absolutely amazing. We took a picture outside the front of the restaurant.

That’s Zach’s second burger of the night (third of the entire day)

Another beautiful picture of Cambridge

Turns out that in the restaurant they have pictures of a lot of their customers, similar to Yesterdog, and the owner came out and took a picture of us so we will be on the wall too! What a great memory.

This morning we woke up early and headed over to the train station to catch our train to London. All was well until we hopped on the 5 hour train ride to Edinburgh only to discover that there was no air conditioning. You wouldn’t think it would be such a big deal but with all of those bodies for that amount of time, oh my goodness! We were all dripping sweat and about ready to break open the windows. Luckily when we arrived the weather was quite a bit cooler than Cambridge and there wasn’t any rain!

The evening consisted of settling into our rooms (we have our own rooms and bathrooms), finding a place to eat, and relaxing together while becoming acquainted with the school and part of the city. 

In our dorm

Mountain (the building to the right is the one that we have class in)

There were people climbing this tonight...I would love to do so! The building is also apart of the University of Edinburgh, where we are staying 

Better pictures soon, I promise! We have class tomorrow morning and are taking a bus tour of Edinburgh.

Updates to come, with love!

Saying Goodbye to Cambridge

Cambridge was a short, delightful visit. As I mentioned before, it was a perfect break from the hustle and bustle of the big city scene. Today we had two lectures and went down to the Orchard Tea Garden where Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry, had lunch at The Green Man, and punted down the river. The pictures of the beautiful buildings are all different colleges within the University of Cambridge.

Where we have breakfast

The gardens

On our way to the orchard

The Orchard Tea Garden

It was in the 70s and sunny all day! What a treat

Julia modeling in front of The Green Man

Lunch on MSU’s dime. I originally ordered an expensive steak but they ran out so I went with the obvious second choice...a burger

Prof. Magee...reminding me slightly of Mugatu from Zoolander with those sunglasses on

Amazing dessert! Creme brulee and cheesecake

Punting down the Cam

After we punted down the river we had dinner, went to The Granta Pub, and came back to the courtyard for some Euchre. Today was fun and relaxing and to be honest I wish we had a few more days to explore Cambridge. Tomorrow morning we are hopping on a train back to London only to get on another train to Edinburgh, which will be about 6 hours of traveling. I hear it’s going to be a lot colder and we won’t be as lucky with the sun but I am more than excited to get to Scotland.

Updates to come, with love!

The Best Sunday

This Sunday was as beautiful as yesterday. Short sleeves and sun were perfect for another day of walking around downtown and admiring Cambridge’s beauty. 

The market

Part of the college

We will be punting down the river tomorrow!

Around noon we went shopping and at 3 pm Zach, Logan and I went to see Professor Magee speak at a local church. Hearing him speak in such a different setting was really eye opening and we all enjoyed his sermon.

Julia and Zach matched today, down to the Sperry's

Selfie before church. The building behind us is where we are staying and the scarf I’m wearing was purchased at the market for only 3 pounds!

The church

After church we tried a new pub, The Anchor, and got some tasty ice cream.

I was going to put some sort of caption here but I just don’t have any words

The past couple nights we have sat out in the courtyard enjoying nice conversations, a glass of red wine, and the gorgeous setting. The grass here is so green and today we found out you can’t walk on it unless you’re playing croquet...how British. Cambridge is set at a much more relaxed pace which is a perfect break for in between London and Edinburgh.

Tomorrow during our only class here we have two guest lecturers and Magee is buying us dinner at a famous pub called The Green Man in the afternoon.

Updates to come, with love!