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Kings College Chapel

Kings College Chapel's breathtaking fan vault roof is the largest of its kind in the world

Punting a flat bottomed boat on the River Cam towards the bridge of Sighs at St. John's College

Eagle Pub is Cambridge's oldest pub and originally a coachman's Inn

My Aunt Pat and Uncle Vic (behind me), cousin Jill and her husband Brian in their conservatory.

Our second lovely sunny day welcomed us as we rose early to head off to Cambridge an hours train journey from London. Cambridge is where I was born almost 64 years ago and left at the age of 9 to come to Canada. There has been a settlement here since before Roman times as it sits on the river Cam at its narrowest point. Its also a world-famous university town that had eight colleges by 1350 and 31 today.

On our arrival we booked a walking tour which gave us an excellent feel for the city and some of its major colleges. The most famous building is not a college but King College Church which was built from 1446 - 1515 by four King Henry's (VI through VIII) and is attached to Kings College. Kings College was started in 1441 by King Henry VI to admit scholars drawn from poor backgrounds (boys only).

After the tour it was time for lunch and we stumbled on the Eagle Pub, the oldest in Cambridge. Filled and energized it was off to tour the rest of the town and check out Market Square, Kings Parade (main tourist street in Cambridge), several historic colleges and watching flat bottomed boats being punted along the river Cam. It was time to be picked up by my second cousin Paul to take us to his parents place to meet my Dad's sisters family for dinner (My Aunt Pat and Uncle Vic, my cousin Jill and her husband Brian, there son Paul and his wife Cherie, there daughter Sally, her husband James and there two boys Jack and Charlie). It was a wonderful reunion for me and a first time for Rita.