Cambridge: fin

the last several days of Cambridge post-essays were so much fun! Wednesday after class, I went back to Grant Chester with Ning, Jeff and his friend Shawn who flew out to visit him. We went swimming in the Granta, which feeds into the river Cam. It was chilly, muddy and kinda gross, but so much fun just to splash around and be silly. Since it's been really humid/warm all this week, it felt doubly nice. That night, a group of us went to a club called the Fez, and after we got back stayed up in the garden watching daylight come out and being generally ridiculous.

Thursday night was the last dinner at Selwyn Dining Hall, so it was a formal one. We all got dressed up fancy, the boys looked especially dapper in their suits and ties, and enjoyed our last meal all together. They served us wine which was very enjoyable :) To celebrate our final night in Cambridge, we didn't even go out anywhere but stayed in my room and had a low-key, chill night enjoying each other's company. I am so sad that the program is over, I've met such amazing people who I've become so close to in the last 4 weeks. When I left for Europe ago, I never imagined that I would form such close bonds with everyone, but the friendships i've forged have far surpassed my expecations. At least the USC kids I will be able to have semi-regular reunions, and everyone else is required to visit me in LA!! Here's a USC group shot:

So this morning I checked out of the room, Rex and I took a cab to the train station and I was off to London for the second time! I found the hostel and Thea, and we spent the day wandering around. We went to Westminster Abbey and the Churchill War Room/Museum, both of which were really interesting and engaging, and also large and slightly overwhelming, haha. This evening we met up with Corbin, Katherine and Kristen who are all still in London, and we got Indian food (my third round since I've been here, mmmm) before seeing Spamalot, which was excellent and hysterical. I liked it even more than Avenue Q.

Well, I'm writing this on the computer at the hostel and my internet time is about to run off. Sorry I won't have any more pictures for a while, but I'll try to keep updating regularly! To all my Cambridge crew: keep it debonair.