weekending.

The last couple of weekends have been very nice here. Last weekend our friend Roland, who was at SES while we were there, visited us from London. He is working on a MPhil in Philosophy there, and took the bus to Cambridge for the day. When Roland got here we started by grabbing a pasty, which gave us strength for our long walk down to Grantchester.

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Along the Cam in Grantchester is a tea house called The Orchard, where we joined the Swansons. It has a long history of famous Cambridgians- http://www.orchard-grantchester.com/history.html. After visiting one sees the draw. It is beautifully secluded, not just away from other things, but somehow apart from them. Here are a few pictures, although they don't quite capture it.

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We asked for directions from a couple on our way down, they told us to take the scenic path by the Cam, but to be cautious of swordsmen. They weren't kidding:

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The track down is beautiful and spotted with cows.

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We had our first cream tea - delicious. Andrea will probably be posting something about it soon. (If you look up creamed tea on wikipedia, there is a picture of The Orchard.)

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After tea, clearly we needed a pint. So we tried a pub in Grantchester.

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After the pub we walked Roland to the bus stop and biked home, ending a very nice Saturday. Saturday was great, and nothing against Roland, but Sunday had Harry Potter. Somehow we didn't get around to seeing the sixth movie before we left. Lucky for us, a student film society was showing it last weekend. And here is where we watched it:

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The movie itself was great. Although choppy at first, like most of them, it found its rhythm and really delivered. Although I do have a gripe with how they portrayed part of the ending, but I don't want to give anything away. I was inspired to re-read book seven by watching it.