For a much visited city by so many tourists (as seen from our flat), our objectives for the day seemed to be a bit unambitious.
9 am. After an unhurried breakfast, we walked to see the old wooden Mathematical Bridge. Unfortunately, the bridge could only be accessed by students in the dorm, so the next best thing was to take photos of the old dame from the public bridge/road down the River Cam.
We proceeded to seek out the Corpus Clock just outside King's College. The roads nearby were already cordoned off for the big Christmas Eve tomorrow. The Corpus Clock was shiny with some running blue light with a giant insect 'hopping' on every second. Made by Corpus Christi and unveiled by Stephen Hawking, it was a newish piece of tourist attraction.
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| Above one of the buildings in town |
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| City Centre |
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| Bridge Street |
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| Round Church |
We went to Cambridge Press bookshop to browse. It was our 2nd visit there.. Shortly while in there, the block suffered a power trip and we had to leave the premises.
Instead, we went to the All Saints art and craft market, Pat bought a pen from a pop-up store / Gilbert House that opens only on Saturday. The pens sold were pricey, all handmade by him.
Business was brisk despite prices being near a hundred pounds for most products.
Pat got for himself a spalted and beech fountain pen (45 gbp) . He must have loved it but it looked similar to the rest of his wooden pens to me.
We went to search for the Bridge of Sigh, did a wild goose chase but failed to locate it. In anycase, it was near St John College and we had zero access unless we paid a princely sum to visit the campus.
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| St John College, no acess so we walked wherever we could |
The only consolation was we walked the entire perimeter of the college and saw the grandeur of the facade.
Back at the now so familiar market hill, H suggested eating at Franco Manga where we had the most delicious baked to order pizza. We concluded our pizza lunch with some unneeded ice cream (40 gbp)
We made a 3rd visit to Cambridge Press. This time it was 3rd time lucky. Pat finally bought a book "A philosopher looks at digital communication)". Mission accomplished!
2pm. I was very exhausted by time and felt a blister forming on my left foot. The 3 of us hobbled back to the flat. I needed much rest so that I can walk to our dinner place that evening.
We had our classic afternoon nap before going out for dinner at Little Petra, a Mediterranean Restaurant. Their Jordanian food was superb but Pat's grilled lamb was the best. It was defintitely something I cannot reproduce at home. We ended our day at 7.30pm and headed back to our flat for more cakes and fruits.
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