The past couple weeks have just been incredible... I feel so blessed to be in Cambridge! The weather has started to warm up, and I am just loving the lifestyle here (or, at least, the lifestyle of a PhD student here). The other day Andy and I left the department and walked down the backs on the way home to look at all the bluebells, daffodils, and crocuses. A's mom came to visit on a Thursday afternoon, and we left work early to go out for a cuppa tea, then took an hour-long walk along the river and looked at swans and chatted. On crisp Saturday afternoon I watched a Magdalene College footy match, went out for tea and cakes, cooked dinner with some friends at Andy's house, then went to see a movie. Sunday we went on a bike ride to the village of Grantchester, where we relaxed in a pub before heading back to Cam. It has been really incredible hanging out in such a wonderful place!
Two weekends ago I had an amazing day out at the Jorvik Viking Festival in York. The Gates Scholars took a coach up and spent all day exploring the city. York was called Eboaracum in A.D. 71, and was the northernmost city in the Roman Empire... Constantine was declared emperor there in A.D. 306. It was, at some point, taken over by the Vikings for a couple centuries, which is why we went to a Viking Festival there. The city is incredibly beautiful, and we spent most of our time exploring York Minster (a sweet Gothic church), the Shambles (medieval quarter), walking along the old walls which surrounded the 12th century city, and having tea and lunch at Betty's (the queue to get in was around the block, seriously!). Here are some of the pics from the epic day:
Okie, off to pack - not amused by Ryan Air's strict baggage allowance, but I guess you get what you pay for... wish me luck in cold Oslo! :)
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