June 29. 2008: Colchester Together With Cambridge

On the weekend nosotros were spoiled with past times Krusty in addition to Jason correct from breakfast - on Sabbatum morning time it was home-cooked French toast with berries in addition to maple syrup, spell on Dominicus nosotros were fed muesli, fruit in addition to warm croissants. Delicious!

Sunday morning time provided us with exclusively a few to a greater extent than hours inwards Colchester, in addition to nosotros took a walk through town in addition to visited the Colchester Castle Museum.

The Rose in addition to Crown Hotel was built inwards the 14th century. You'd travel difficult pressed to abide by a unmarried xc bird angle inwards its construction!

The Colchester Castle Museum is situated within the Norman Keep, which Michael mentioned inwards yesterday's post. Its exhibits are an interesting report of the Romans' in addition to Normans' daily lives equally much equally they of historic moments. And, unexpectedly, in that place are numerous costumes to endeavour throughout the museum.

THOROUGHLY EMBARRASSING FOOTAGE MISSING

In the early on afternoon nosotros bid Krusty in addition to Jason good daytime in addition to embarked on a educate to Cambridge.

Having heard of but never seen Jaffa Cakes before, I bought unopen to to snack on, on the way. They were gross.

But Cambridge wasn't. With undergraduates on summertime holiday, this cute in addition to historic town was awash with tourists similar us. The foremost affair I noticed from the educate station was an enormous department of parked bikes, perchance 500 of them.

It's lovely to come across a town with to a greater extent than cyclists in addition to pedestrians than cars.

Everything inwards Cambridge radiates out from the ornate college buildings.

We ate dinner at the Eagle, the pub where Crick in addition to Watson supposedly announced their Nobel-winning discovery of the double helical construction of DNA. Though nosotros dabbled inwards unopen to scientific conversation, I doubtfulness our watch volition run out such a mark.

Michael ate the Eagle's vegetarian sausages in addition to mash. The sausages were made from the same vegetables equally were served on the side, exclusively mashed in addition to formed into fritters.

I was well-nigh impressed past times the Mushroom Wellington, fifty-fifty though the crust was a niggling burnt. Inside was a delectable mix of wild mushrooms, spinach in addition to blueish cheese. However in that place was no jeopardy of me finishing the cairn of potatoes served with - in all probability a larger serving than Michael in addition to I would consume betwixt us when cooking at home.

We'd been promised unopen to expert vegetarian pub grub inwards the U.K. in addition to this was a well-nigh promising beginning!