Harry Potter Weekend
Last Friday evening M caught up with N&J at Mardi and Ross's Cambridge apartment. Cambridge is about 45 minutes from Kings Cross station in London city - 17 pounds one way :-(
Spent the evening drinking wine smuggled in from the Czech Republic & reminiscing about old times and how much the poms get up our noses. It was really great to sit down with some Aussies and not worry about words lost in translation.
Saturday arrived. Dieter met us in Cambridge in the Audi. M&J hitched a lift headed off to London town leaving N to play with Jack & May on the manicured lawns behind the apartment - great football pitch.
M showed J all the sites posted in the previous blog entry plus we walked down Picadilly, saw Trafalgar square, had bangers & mash in old pub and managed to get caught up in 'Gumball3000' rally (http://www.gumball3000.com/content/html/index.html). We headed back to Cambridge via 9 & 3/4 station (Harry Potter fans should know this) at Kings Cross. On arrival M and Ross went out to 'Kingdom and Heaven' while the girls nattered.
Sunday was another magical spring day. How lucky were we :-) We all went walking through the 'common' to get to the Cambridge colleges to do some punting (see picture). Very relaxing especially when your not the person on the pole. Slow boat past Kings & Trinity colleges enjoying the historical commentary by our guide. Wandered around the town, then Mardi took us inside Kings & Trinity because she has special powers being a 'fellow' of Cambridge.
Sunday afternoon M caught the express train to Stansted and flew back home to Prague only to arrive to find that Czech Republic was playing Canada in the Worldcup final. Everyone in Prague is a fanatical ice hockey fan, even the driver. Fastest trip I've done from the airport to the apartment, speeds up to 150km/h. Managed to get upstairs to see the final period. Czechs won, score was 3-0. Special office buzz on Monday morning.............
J is still in London planning our European vacation in August to Normandy. Hiring a villa for 7-10 days with Mardi & Ross and hiring a people mover for all of us to storm the French beaches.
M
Spent the evening drinking wine smuggled in from the Czech Republic & reminiscing about old times and how much the poms get up our noses. It was really great to sit down with some Aussies and not worry about words lost in translation.
Saturday arrived. Dieter met us in Cambridge in the Audi. M&J hitched a lift headed off to London town leaving N to play with Jack & May on the manicured lawns behind the apartment - great football pitch.
M showed J all the sites posted in the previous blog entry plus we walked down Picadilly, saw Trafalgar square, had bangers & mash in old pub and managed to get caught up in 'Gumball3000' rally (http://www.gumball3000.com/content/html/index.html). We headed back to Cambridge via 9 & 3/4 station (Harry Potter fans should know this) at Kings Cross. On arrival M and Ross went out to 'Kingdom and Heaven' while the girls nattered.
Sunday was another magical spring day. How lucky were we :-) We all went walking through the 'common' to get to the Cambridge colleges to do some punting (see picture). Very relaxing especially when your not the person on the pole. Slow boat past Kings & Trinity colleges enjoying the historical commentary by our guide. Wandered around the town, then Mardi took us inside Kings & Trinity because she has special powers being a 'fellow' of Cambridge.
Sunday afternoon M caught the express train to Stansted and flew back home to Prague only to arrive to find that Czech Republic was playing Canada in the Worldcup final. Everyone in Prague is a fanatical ice hockey fan, even the driver. Fastest trip I've done from the airport to the apartment, speeds up to 150km/h. Managed to get upstairs to see the final period. Czechs won, score was 3-0. Special office buzz on Monday morning.............
J is still in London planning our European vacation in August to Normandy. Hiring a villa for 7-10 days with Mardi & Ross and hiring a people mover for all of us to storm the French beaches.
M
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