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We spotted a fuzzy cow in a nearby field!
Di Yin took this
picture. (By the time I got my camera out, the cow had its backside
directly facing me. I decided not to take that picture.)
| A fish-eye lens in a gate leading to one of Clare College's gardens.
| From Clare College's bridge, a panorama of its grounds west of the
river.
| Clare College's quad. I like the way these buildings glow.
Incidentally, Clare College, like King's College, has its own
clock-building.
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| I think this is the next bridge north, on Garret Hostel Lane.
| Weird: a building that's stone on one side and brick on the other.
| Branching spikes above a college's gate.
| A lovely bay window, protruding more than usual.
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| This building seems to have everything. It feels a bit Roman
(columns), Egyptian (recesses, obelisks), modern (clocks), and more.
(Yes, I know the clocks are sundials, but they look like a bit like
artistic analog mechanical clocks.)
| Gonville & Caius College.
| Back near King's College Chapel, Di Yin thinks this tree could be the
walloping tree in Harry Potter. I agree.
| A braille map of Cambridge. Neat idea.
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| A 3-d braille of the Cambridge's central core. Even neater.
| Inside Great Saint Mary's.
| There's more stained glass above the nave.
| Upstairs in Great Saint Mary's, we found a room with many bells. (There
are at least four in this picture.)
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| A high-resolution picture looking north from the top of Great Saint
Mary's. There are a lot of camouflaged chimneys in this picture.
| A high-resolution picture looking north-east.
| A panorama looking roughly north from Great Saint Mary's tower.
| A panorama looking east from Great Saint Mary's tower.
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| A high-resolution picture looking south-west at King's College, its
chapel, and down King's Parade.
| A panorama looking south from Great Saint Mary's tower.
| A panorama looking west from Great Saint Mary's tower toward King's
College Chapel, the great walloping tree, and, I think, Gonville & Caius
College (or maybe Clare College).
| A sample line of stalls at the outdoor market we found.
If you look
at the full-sized image, you might see something odd on the distant
balcony.
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| A close-up of the distant balcony. Yes, it's a statue of a ship's
captain looking down at the crowd.
| "Local squash" sold at the market look like tiny, yellow pumpkins.
| The nearby Rose Crescent, one of Cambridge's narrow, bustling lanes.
| The Cambridge Corn Exchange, a nineteenth century building that's now a
concert venue.
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| I like the look of this building at the corner of Corn Exchange Street
and Wheeler Street. I also like the look (from a distance) of the cow
signboard.
| The Haunted Bookshop, on a narrow lane. I hoped it would specialize in
ghost stories; it does not.
| The entrance to Trinity College.
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| Lunch at Strada
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The place we happened to pick for lunch, Strada.
Di Yin took this
picture. (I forgot to take a picture of the entrance so I stole it from
her.)
| The inside of Strada: classy yet casual, contemporary decor.
| My pizza with buffalo mozzarella and tomato sauce, with a few springs of
basil and chunks of whole tomato. Good.
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Di Yin had a quite good mushroom risotto.
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| More Cambridge
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| St. John's College's chapel.
| Notice message in the right window: The "St John's View" dining seating
upstairs. (This restaurant is across the street.)
| We happened to find Mr. Simms Olde Sweet (Confectionery) Shoppe. My
goodness was it a sight to see! Look at all these toffees and fudges.
shop
| Bags of chocolates and all sorts of stuff.
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