England trip pics
There comes a wind of change and here we fly once again, but this time towards west - destination called England. Timing was just perfect as world-stage was all set for world T20 cricket tournament and above all it was summer time in europe. This breather came after an eventful couple of months in Delhi and thus we had a reason to take a long breath and smile. We took off from Delhi IGI airport on Thursday 04 June noon and destinatin port was London Heathrow airport which would take ten long hours onboard.
It was pretty pleasant weather when we arrived at London Heathrow Airport at eight O'clock local time and boarded national express coach for Cambridge. It was a three hours drive on pretty smooth highways and driver was quite friendly with good sense of humour. The fact that surprised us the most was the sunset timings which took place nearly at midnight when we reached Cambridge. Oshin was crying aloud due to cold when dropped us at Cambridge bus stop and while we were waiting for cab which took quite some time.
It took just couple of days to get accustomed to the local environment. Initially few days were pretty chilly and gradually it started getting hotter with each passing day (god know why that happened.. global warming?!). One interesting thing about England was it's weather which changes every minute. The first thing people talk about is weather "How about the weather today? Weather's awesome today! Weather doesn't look that bad today?" etc.
Cambridge is a small town with tens of colleges scattered all around. City is pretty green and infrastructure is pretty old but well maintained (with bit of littering by few ignorant young bloods). Busy streets with students of all possible nationalities.. relatively younger age group stylish mass seen mostly in pairs, liberally showcasing their intense love on the streets. This was the annual graduation time of the year and on top of it this year's 800th anniversary year of Cambridge university so town was overpacked and very little scope for shoestring travelling.
We visited London city couple of times which's couple hundred miles from Cambridge and takes an hour by train. London city is well connected by public transportation but seems bit costly. London city is beautiful and proves it's worth if you give it some time and closer look. Again the infrastructure is old but pretty well maintained. River Thames covers quite some aread of the city and it's worth going for this exciting river cruise. Trafalgar Square is the iconic London city center and one's London siteseeing is never complete without having a strawl around the fountain and having few snaps in front of gigantic lion statues.
A riverside strawl near London Bridge and Tower Bridge concludes our London trip (refer to photo above). Leaving Oshin in the bus while we came out to look for a misplaced jacket, thinking that Oshin's with my friend, is one memorable and horrendous incident that keeps giving us nightmare to all of us. On the early morning of very first day of August we bid farewell to the beautiful city of Cambridge and boarded our flight back home with mixed emotions.
with love,
Naveen
