Visiting Cambridge, England/ Carlos Pueblo

Visiting Cambridge, England/ Carlos Pueblo

At the final day in London, I decided to visit Cambridge, again, I returned

to Victoria Station and also another two hours bus ride. I ran into three

young Chinese girls students, Cheng Ru Shea, Pan Tang , and Ya Wen Hsiao,

all came from Singapore yet their Mandarin Chinese is perfect. Then I learned

that they were from southern province of Fuchien. I attempted my Amoy and

gave up when one told me that they were from Fuchou area and not quite

comfortable of speaking Fuchou dialect. They agreed to me for following them

at Cambridge, so, we walked toward the city center and stopped for lunch in

a busy market. I ordered the same vegetable falahal and they were for Thai noodle.

Two of them are studying in London, one at the Royal College of Economic at

Regent Park; the other one is at Trinity University, the third one who comes to visit

London is studying at Singapore.

The architecture between City of Cambridge and Oxford is slightly different, I

Think that Cambridge is not so luxury as Oxford, yet there is a pretty canal

inside the campus. This is a so called the shadow upside down at Cambridge

in early spoken Chinese literature to describe Cambridge. They were prepared

to have a punting tour on the canal which was hiring a small boat for one hour.

A punt is a flat boat with a long pool stick to the bottom of the canal to move

the boat. Three ladies were in the front and took turn to stick the pool while

I sat at the end to control the direction with a plastic raft. Only me has some

Row boat and canoe experience; however, we did manage to finish one hour

period. When the punt was more stable and in control, one lady started playing

a banjo like instrument which was very romantic. None of them were music

major. We walked along the bank of unfinished canal, I did find a small grove

of blooming  Akebono cherry, this was the fourth place this year that I saw this

kind of flowering cherry.

I said farewell to them because of returned bus schedule. I was lost on my way

back to downtown in a big cathedral due to a closed alley. I followed the incoming

route out. Cambridge is famous for science and Darwin is one of the famous

alumni. I always like to visit universities and Cambridge and Oxford are a surprise

during this trip to London.

The return bus went through a different route to London. I did not see the new

Modern building, instead, several old townships, then, following the Thames,

London Castle, entering Westminster.