26 July 2008

67 things I'll miss about Cambridge

This is quite a haphazard post but tonight is my last night as a resident of Cambridge, England so here's a list of things I like or will miss about living here. It's in no particular order other than starting with food and drink and switching into sights and experiences. 

The Free Press * Bruno's Brasserie * 22 Chesterton * The Veggie Van on Market Street * Jacket Potatoes from the Tram Stop * Cheese Toasties from The Pig * The Rice Boat * Friendly service at The Maharaja * The Cheese Shop in All Saints Passage * Indigo * Cambridge Real Ale Festival * The Flying Pig Pub * The Eagle * The Mill *St. Radegund Pub * Tea at the Orchard * Origin8 * Yippee Noodle * Hall at John's * Backstreet Bistro * Troeckle Ulmann & Freunde * Lunch at Lawyers * Kebabs from Effes * Decent Mexican at Manna Mexico * The Little Tea Shop (may it Rest in Peace) * Michaelhouse Cafe * Chelsea bun ice cream at Fitzbillies * Savino's Cafe * Salisbury Arms * Bangkok City * Saffron Brasserie * Cats on Portugal Place * Kettles Yard Gallery * Senate House Passage * Chimney Pots along Trinity Lane * Fellows Garden at Clare * Fitzwilliam Museum * Whale skeleton outside the Zoology Museum * Bridge of Sighs in St John's * Sculpture in Jesus College * Cambridge Botanical Garden * Kings College Chapel * Thatched cottages in Grantchester * Shops in Newnham * Old chestnut trees along the path in Jesus Green * Used Bookshops off Peas Hill * Orchard Street * The arcade and massive gate in New Court (St John's College) * The Heavy Metal bicyclist * Ducks wandering out of Emmanuel College * John's and Trinity Fireworks during May Week * Rose Crescent decorated with Christmas lights * Tourists filming rising bollards * Punting on the Cam * Watching punt traffic jams on the Cam * Crazy hippies going to Strawberry Fair * Roses in May * The busker in the trash can * Graduation processions to the Senate House * Baby Ducklings in the water off Jesus Green * Bumps * Picnics on The Backs * Cows mingling with people outside the Mill * Kissing gates on the way to Grantchester * Daffodils in Peterhouse in March * The Music man with singing dogs * The big issue salesman outside Sainsbury's * The Ivy turning on the back of New Court (John's) in Autumn

And what top list would be complete without a small section of opposites? So here are five things I definitely won't miss!

Tourist throngs * The pathetic Irish Flutist and misplaced Pan Pipe Street Musician * The Crapft Fair across from St. John's * Lion Yard * The country's most jam-packed Sainsbury's

Farewell Cambridge! (But we'll be visiting soon...)