Day 3: Sunday, July 5 - I arrive at Cambridge

In the morning we got an early start and went to the Hammersmith Vintage Fair. This is where I got the gorgeous red dress that I wore to the Chicago Lyric Opera's opening night last year. Last year we saw some lovely vintage porn at the fair but this year we were not so lucky. Even more unlucky was that my host's friend had an unfortunate pet emergency that morning as we were at the fair. So sad (not about the fair being cut short, but about the kitty of course). That turned out to be my cue to skidaddle.

Although it was a bit earlier than I had planned to leave for the train station, it was good that I got an early move on. I had walked to the Ravenscourt Park tube station but it was closed. I thought perhaps they were doing maintenance on it like last time, so i walked down to the Hammersmith station. Turns out that both the District and the Piccadilly lines were down because of a person under a train at Kings Cross station. That meant that Kings Cross station was closed too. So I had to take the Hammersmith line and get off at Euston Square station then walk all the way to Kings Cross with my painfully gigantic suitcase. I like to think I burned off some of the Epoisses on this journey. I finally got to Kings Cross and this is what I saw...

Luckily, even though the tube part of the station was closed, the National Rail station was still open so the trains to Cambridge were still running. The journey is about 45 minutes. Then a quick cab from the Cambridge station to Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. Trinity was founded by Henry VIII and is the richest of the colleges at Cambridge. Take a look!


My residence hall.


Pleasantly surprised by the rooms. Bigger than many European hotel rooms.


After getting settled, all of the students in the program gathered for a tour followed by a reception hosted by one of the Trinity professors.


At the reception I struck up a conversation with a Federal judge and we ended up going out to dinner. Interesting and lots of fun. Then I retired back to my room for some much needed sleep. Not feeling very well, physically. Hopefully some more sleep will do the trick.

And so it's good night from me!