Day Ten:: St. Albans and Cambridge

Thirteen hours.  I as away from wifi for thirteen hours. Wifi here meaning cellular data of any kind, as my phone is taking a four month break for the duration of this expensive semester.  But I am back and I have almost caught up on thirteen hours of social media happenings and the one iMessage I received (yay popularity).  But while I was away, I was having a pretty great adventure (parents all over the world rejoice that a child has learned of the world beyond the cell phone).  First to St. Albans and then the the beautiful Cambridge.

St. Albans is a cathedral in Hertfordshire, north of London. Hertfordshire was my first glimpse of countryside England and it absolutely rivals London in beauty: Exhibits A-E:

And those were just on the walk to St. Alban's Cathedral.

Back to the bus for a hour ride to Cambridge.  It's official, I would do anything to be able to go to school there.  The city is so cute, a fabulous blend of small town with cobblestone streets, yet it still has a mall and other, essential (to me at least) amenities.  I loved how in the heart of the city (the more historic part I would dare say) it was all bikes, there were hardly any cars, just tons and tons of bikes.

We were able to tour around the university with a guide and it is ridiculous to think that history did indeed go further back than 1776! What a crazy thought.  So basically the school itself is over 800 years old.  And then I think of my hometown, there the old city hall/Park School is considered historic after being around for a whopping 102 years. Pitiful if you ask me, absolutely pitiful.

Here's Cambridge though:

So we were able to go into King's College Catedral two times today.  First as a part of the tour were given and second for evensong.  The few times I have been to Catholic meetings have made me grateful that I belong to the church I do, as they don't hake us stand up during the meeting unless we are all falling asleep by the time the rest hymn comes around.  So basically my feet hurt and then we were standing and then my feet really hurt.  But I do find it highly interesting to experience other religions, even if they require physical activity in any amount.

But the first time we went to the cathedral I was told that the cathedral has the largest fan vaulted ceiling in the world.  Now remember I LOVE CEILINGS SOOOOO MUCH, but unfortunately I was too mesmerized by the ceiling to take my own picture, but you need to see it, so here's one from my best friend, Mr. Google Images

See, you really did need to see that.

The main downside of studying abroad is the studying part, which I must get to (if anyone here happens to be a scholar on Shakespeare's Hamlet, please notify me, as you are a valuable asset to be at the moment)

bYYYYEEEEEee,
Kelsie (aka your majesty)