August 19th
Thursday morning, Meg and I took our final for The British and Their Sports. We had to write two essays, and then we were free. All in all, it was somewhat of an easy class, (I hardly had to do any work for it), but that is almost precisely what I wanted/needed for the last four weeks of travel. Once we finished, we went back to the room to relax and start thinking about packing.
Later in the day, we met up with one of Meg’s friends from school and checked off one of our Must Do’s: scones at Auntie’s Tea. The scones are so good with jam, and I felt so English eating one. We hung out in Parker’s Piece, (one of my favorite places) and then suddenly it was time to get ready for the last formal hall!
To celebrate Ken’s birthday, Meg and I hosted a little get together with birthday brownies and caramel squares, and Aditya provided a birthday cake. The crew hung out for about 45 minutes before heading over to King’s College. Because of the rain, we were deprived of our final opportunity to walk across the grass, (bummer), and drinks were served in the art gallery instead, in which Meg and I both had our art pieces displayed. It was a great chance to socialize before dinner and see everyone dressed up and with their masquerade masks.
The dining hall was marvelously set once more, and the food was delicious. I was at a table with Bill, Duc, Lange, Meg, Ken, Aditya and David. We had a great time, eating food that while I’m not entirely sure I knew what it was, was very good. Things got a little crazy during dinner, (perhaps too much celebrating for Ken's birthday?), but it was all good fun. After the dinner, there was a “disco” and King’s Bar was opened up with a dance floor and DJ. We stayed there for quite a while and I thought it was a great send off or way to end the program. It was a really fun night!August 20
Friday morning, I slept in and woke up for lunch—my last Panini and smoothie!!! Meg and I said our goodbyes to the workers at the café, they knew us by then, and we walked around Cambridge, soaking in some of our last views. Around 3:00, we joined a group of girls on the program heading to Granchester for scones and tea. It was about a 45 minute walk through beautiful green meadows. The funniest part was trying to cross the path but cows were in the way! Finally we arrived at Granchester , and we all got scones. The scones were great, and we weren’t the only ones to think that. We naively sat by a bee trap and spent the whole hour protecting our scones from the vicious bees and trying to avoid being stung. It was still a fun trip, but that was a major downer for a pleasant afternoon.
We walked back and had a final dinner with our Cambridge “family.” The boys met Meg and me at Pembroke to help us spend the rest of our meal plan money, and we later met up to buy our last legal drinks before heading back to the States.
The "family" at the Masquerade BallA very relaxing last day in Cambridge, and it seemed perfectly fitting to eat scones and drink tea on my last day in England. It was a wonderful trip, and I went to sleep feeling what can be used to describe the entire summer: content, satisfied and happy.
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