On Friday we went to the medieval town of Lavenham, about 11 miles from Bury St Edmonds. This town is basically intact from when it was orginally built in the 15th century. We had lunch in a taven/hotel that dated from 1480-something. Many of the buildings are crooked (see the crooked house to the left) and some don't look like they should even be standing! After Lavenham, we explored Bury St Edmonds a bit - the cathedral (which looks old but was built in the 40's) and the medieval monestary grounds. The Benedictine Monestary in the 15th century had over 20,000 monks! It is a huge park now, but some of the orginal walls are still standing. After our afternoon tea and playing in the yard, we walked across the street to a pub for dinner. Fish and chips and a pint of cider - yum! Sean and Madeley played the longest game of pool ever! Sean was so exhausted, I got him to bed right after we got back!
On Saturday we went to Cambridge, where Mike and Steve (Nesba's husband) met up with us. (Mike didn't come with us to Bury St Edmonds because he had to teach and he had a cold). The photos are the top are Beryl in front of Kings College Church, Mike and I inside the quad of King's College, and Mike in front of a sign at the Eagles Pub. This is the pub where Watson and Crick announced their discovery of the structure of DNA - the double helix. Mike wanted to go to the lab where this discovery was made, but we don't know if it still around- the Cavendish labs are now in a new building outside of town...but he was excited to see this pub anyway!
It was fun to see Cambridge since we had already been to Oxford - but I prefer Oxford! It is a more quintessential example of a college town. And I studied there!!
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