The rains have let up enough to give us some beautiful summer nights that stretch on and on. I never thought an English summer would remind me of an Australian one so much. Like many others, I arrived from London on Sunday and began the process of registration and finding my way to St Catherine's College.
First impressions of the College? 'Woah'
St Cat's is a beautiful collection of mostly red brick buildings built over the last 300 years. The college itself has a history dating back to the 1300s but many of the original buildings were replaced by the elegant ones you see today. The tea and coffee in my room was a definite plus as well :)
The red shirt clad assistants were extremely helpful and my registration was done in minutes. I had my timetable, ID card and a cool little voucher to a local bookstore. What I was most eager to experience was the classes - and I was not dissapointed.
Dr Fred Parker greeted us all this morning and gave a short intro to the literature course. After 2 classes and a plenary lecture from Fred I've come to expect to laugh alot. His take on (and line delivery of) excerpts from Austen had us entertained throughout the plenary lecture and I learned more about Romeo and Juliet's relationship in 90 minutes of looking at it from Dr Parker's perspective than I ever did in high school. Needless to say I'm very much looking forward to tomorrow's classes.
On Cambridge; like a town out of a story book, Cambridge is more beautiful than I could've imagined. The crooked little streets with their bookstores and cafes break up the magnificent buildings and with bicycles constantly whizzing by the ambiance is very cool, very European, very Cambridge.
To Do; punting (if the rain allows), my essay, locating the best priced University of Cambridge products in town.
Liz
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