Journal Entry:

"Monday 10 October

"Breakfast at the cafe up the street, then tube to Kings' Cross, found the ticket booth (up the stairs, line on the right), but couldn't help an Asian family find their way to Canterbury Cathedral.

"Train to Cambridge is nonstop and takes 45 minutes. Walked into town (maybe a mistake), and made it there by 11am. Change tour tickets to 12 Noon (had been 1300), so we grabbed a bite to eat at "Eat" - good steak cheese and onion sandwich (not like a Philly steak, more savory) for me, BLT for Debby (good, but she begged off halfway through).

"Looked into Christ College, then joined the tour (17 people total). Tour guide was graduate of Pembroke, and introduced Hellman's Mayo to UK before retiring. Toured the Eagle Pub (Air Forces pub during WWII, with flight crew names burned into the ceiling via lighters, as well as being the first place where Watson and Crick's DNA discovery was announced to the public), walked past old Cavendish labs, grasshopper clock, then to Queens College, then Kings College Chapel, then looked into Trinity College yard.

"Tour over, we then walked back to Kings College Chapel, then out along the backs, then to Clare College. Walked down to Pembroke College to see the chapel and a bit of the ground, then took a break. Walked up to St John's College, and toured it extensively - chapel, grounds, "wedding cake", Bridge of Sighs - lots of interesting ivy along the wedding cake."