We start with "home," Trinity Hall College. Trinity Hall was founded in 1350 by Bishop Bateman of Norwich, and was a safe home to lawyers during the Plague.
This is the quad area of Trinity Hall.
Another angle of the quad area. 
To get to our room, you go under this arch and then up some stairs. Clearly, I have to take Allegra here too, haha. Seriously though, isn't it beautiful? Moving on around town...
The ancient church of St. Benet's. We assume this was originally a Catholic church but it's currently an Anglican church (Church of England). This is the oldest church in all of Cambridgeshire. It was dedicated in 1025, and still holds services - an evening one each night with poems and readings sounds pretty cool and we plan to go before we leave here.
The Anglo-Saxon tower of St. Benet's Church.
The really cool graveyard right outside the church. This is literally in the middle of town, near the visitor's center.
The beautiful interior of St. Benet's Church.
This building is the site of the Old Cavendish Laboratories. From the map - "Since they were founded in the late 19th century, the labs have hosted the discoveries of the electron, the neutron and DNA and supported the work of no fewer than 22 Nobel Prize winners." After this impressive fact, Jeremy reminded me that helium was discovered at KU and we used to think that was really amazing. Definitely pales in comparison.
This is Peterhouse College, which is Cambridge's oldest college. Alumni include Charles Babbage, who invented the early mechanical computer, and Sir Frank Whittle, who invented the jet engine.
The door to the Peterhouse College Chapel. I'm trying to figure out how I can get a door like this for my house!
Jeremy getting ready to preach at the Peterhouse College Chapel. Ok, actually, I just caught him in the shot. :)
Another view of Peterhouse College.
Peterhouse College, looking back at the Chapel.
This is Pembroke College, Cambridge's third oldest college. Alumni include William Pitt the Younger as well as a lot of comedians we had never heard of but are apparently famous - Peter Cook, Eric Idle, Clive James, Bill Oddie, and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
Pembroke College Chapel was designed by... guess who... Christopher Wren, like everything else in this country. This was his first work, commissioned by his uncle when he was in school learning about astronomy. See, kids, sometimes you can be famous even when your career is in an area different than your college degree, and you should also listen to your uncle, especially if he has enough money to build a chapel.
More of Pembroke. These roses are ridiculous! I'm sure my mostly dead rose bush looks like this by now, right Julie? :)
William Pitt the Younger was an alum. He was the son of William Pitt the Elder (for whom Pittsburgh is named) and was Prime Minister during the American Revolution and French Revolution. Read more about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger (Yes, I really did just cite Wikipedia, even with Jeremy sitting less than two feet away. It was concise! Hey, I'm not a historian, I'm just married to one!)
More gorgeous gardens at Pembroke.
The view heading up toward the dining hall. More pretty flowers and windows. You never get tired of this.
Pembroke's dining hall, set up for evening meal.
This is a side view of King's College - probably one of, if not the, most famous college in Cambridge University.
King's College Chapel. It was closed for the day, but we'll go soon!Hope you enjoyed your "walking" tour of Cambridge. Now go walk for an hour so you'll be as tired as we were! :)
This weekend we're headed back to London for more sightseeing. I probably won't update the blog until we get back, so see you next week.
Cheers!
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