cambridge

I saw "Wicked" for the first time Tuesday night.  It was such an experience! I thoroughly enjoyed it despite the fact that some of the voices did not seem up to the challenge of the music.  All forty-six of us went to see "Wicked" and it was so fun to go out with everyone.  Some people stayed behind to try and get photos with the actors. They succeeded so now I'm thinking I'll try that for the next big show we see.  

So Wednesday we went to Cambridge.  It was kind of a miserable day, it was overcast and it rained on and off the entire time we were there.  However, I loved it despite all that.  It is smaller than Oxford and so less busy, which I appreciated.  We had lots of time there so we kept ducking into shops as soon as the rain started.  We did go to a musuem (the Fitzwilliam) and to King's College Chapel a couple times, the second time for Evensong which was fabulous though the choir did not seem that pious and it threw me off.  Especially when the kept sneaking glances at everyone, including behind them which is where some of us sat.  We got lunch at the Eagle Pub and then afternoon tea at Aunties, both of which were great.  We also found a delicious fudge shop where we got samples (of course) and got to see them making the fudge.  They did it by spreading it on the table (a marble slab, I think) and using a scraper/paddle thing to turn it onto itself.  It was super interesting.  Maybe I'll try making some fudge that way when I go home.

         

The other adventure this week was last night.  In honor of Valentine's Day, which I realize is not until this week but we are going to a play, we did a group date.  Since we're not supposed to date, a few girls organized it so that twenty-three people asked the other twenty-three in the group anonymously.  It was ridiculously fun.  Some people guessed who had asked them but most people had no clue.  We filmed the whole thing and took lots of pictures.  We had ordered pizza for dinner and then split up for a few hours.  My date and I (I was an asker) went to Snowflake with some other couples where we got delicious gelato - pistachio, chocolate hazelnut and, date and honey.  Then we hung out and played games before we said good night.  It was great.

I almost forgot! For our walk this week we went around to see the old Roman walls of Londinium.  It was so cool.  Probably my favorite walk of the semester so far.