We've moved! I've been in Cambridge five weeks now and Richard two weeks. We found a place to live and are settling in, emptying moving boxes and getting our new place organised. I've been at my new job five weeks and am just getting used to new spellings ('s' instead of 'z') and the '@' and the double quotation mark being switched on the keyboard. And accustomed to when someone asks 'Are you OK?', this doesn't mean that you look distressed or that something is the matter; it's just another way of asking 'How are you?'
Cambridge is really beautiful and we live in an area with a lot of trees and greenery, just a five minute walk to the River Cam and a few more to the city centre. I've been biking or walking to work, and once Richard starts his job (he still has another week of vacation) he will also walk or bike. The walk to work is beautiful, going through four parks with interesting names (Jesus Green, Midsummer Common, Christ's Pieces and Parker's Piece), some of which have herds of cows grazing and all of which have a lot of cyclists zooming through at all times. Bikes are definitely the preferred mode of transport here!
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| Waiting to board the ferry from Dublin to Holyhead |
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| The crossing |
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| Our little front entrance! It's a Victorian (late 1800s) 3-story terrace house. |
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| One of four original fireplaces. No longer in use, so they're really 'just for decoration'. |
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| Tiny back garden- but enough room for a laundry line and hopefully some vegetable planting |
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The front of the house looks out onto a very green and pretty cemetery.
Good because it's unused and really quiet, and so far not too spooky. |
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| The River Cam near our house |
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| Third floor loft/spare bedroom-- for our visitors!! |
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| The market square in Cambridge- lots of nice food and crafts for sale |
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| The daffodils are in bloom |
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| River Cam |
