Today was a bank holiday in England--not sure why banks need holidays but maybe things all even out since we won't be celebrating Labor Day next Monday. Since this was also Tom's birthday and our anniversary, we took a guided walking tour of Cambridge. It was actually a 2 hour walking tour of several colleges of the university--namely Queens College, Kings College, and a very little bit of Trinity College. All three are richly endowed; Queen Elizabeth II is a patron of Queens College since her mother was very interested in it. We saw the Mathematical Bridge--how appropriate for Tom!--so named for its geometric shapes. However, we were told that its real name is the Wooden Bridge--kind of a letdown.
We're standing in front of the gate to Trinity College--which was as far as we could get in. The statue behind us is of Henry VIII. He wanted Trinity to be the grandest and largest of all the colleges and it is.
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