Cambridge was yet another pit stop on the way back to London. David, our tour guide, had scheduled a short one hour stop at the prestigious learning institution. It was just enough to get the feeling of the general orientation of the area.

The first thing that we saw were the boats going under the mathematical bridge. David told us that the young men pushing the boats are students off classes. The young men were trying to make some money pushing boatloads of people through the river Cam.

The bridge was a bit of a curiosity. Mathematical calculations allowed the building of an arching bridge using exclusively straight timbers. Hence, the name Mathematical Bridge.

There was another trivia that I heard. The name Cambridge was derived from the bridge that was built over the river Cam.

York was fun especially the Shambles. It was interesting how much you can learn about a new place when one is actually walking and exploring it.

There are thirty one colleges within the Cambridge campus. Each one has its own unique tradition, facilities, and support for its students. We had the opportunity to see three of the facade and building of the thirty one colleges.

There were so many people walking around campus. It was difficult to tell who were the students and who were the tourists. We did chance upon seeing one young man entering a campus using his ID pass. He was receiving happy greeting from his colleagues. It looked so much fun to be young!

We were all feeling a bit sad and happy that soon we will be arriving at London. It will be the start of the process of ending our vacation, preparing to head back home, and be back to our regular daily work/home routine.

Till the next adventure!

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