Day 76 - Cambridge & East Anglia

Today I went to London, Ipswich, Norwich, Cambridge and back to London.



At McDonalds in the Liverpool Stree train station (in London), I got a hint as to why train stations never have any garbage cans (see picture below). The same McDonalds also had some ridiculous faucets in the bathroom that nobody could figure out how to work. After that, there wasn't much to see between London and Norwich. Norwich was a nice town though.

The ride from Norwich to Cambridge was very nice, and looked a little different from the rest of England. It was some of the flattest land I've ever seen. When I arrived in Cambridge, it took some walking to get to a place where I could see something, but when I finally did I was VERY impressed. Cambridge was a bit more impressive than Oxford, and a lot less crowded. It's definitely one of the most attractive cities I've seen in Britain, right up there with Durham and Edinburgh.

I have a feeling that the OU library was modeled after buildings in Cambridge, because I saw at least 3 that looked a lot like it - one was almost identical.


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Can anyone guess how many of the 39 English counties I've been to so far? Post your guess as a comment [or email me] and I'll give a prize to whoever's closest. I'll post the correct answer tomorrow.

posted by Matt @ 11:54 PM