Happy Punters

Yesterday we took a bus 90 minutes southwest to Cambridge, and we had such a fun day! First of all, for lunch I had a beef and potato pasty, which is so English and, surprisingly, so good. Probably less surprising is that our main destination while we were in town was the university. We visited quite a few of its separate colleges, including likely the most famous, Trinity College:

I think it's really nice the way the university buildings are spread out all across Cambridge. Enormous old residence halls and cathedrals and libraries are interspersed among the shops and restaurants and museums, which makes for a really busy and beautiful downtown area. Plus there's nature everywhere: loads of green fields and willow trees, and the River Cam, a branch of the Great Ouse (pronounced ooze!), runs throughout the city.

Speaking of the River Cam, one of my flatmates told me that a trip to Cambridge isn't complete if you don't take a ride on the river, so naturally we did it. We rented a punt (basically a gondola with square ends) and pushed around on the water for an hour. It was absolutely hilarious. For comparison:

Here are some legitimate punters...

...and here's us.

Boat skillz.

Yay! Anyway, it was an awesome trip; can't wait for the next one. And as usual I've put some more pictures here.