Greetings from Cambridge

What do we usually know about Cambridge? Of course, that there is an University, which sets the norm for the CAE.

Cambridge people are very proud of their University and its reputation indeed. And they love the various colleges and their now famous former fellows: Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton and Oliver Cromwell are only a few names of them. The about thirty, partly huge, colleges set the atmosphere of the centre of this town, sometimes I feel like being in a Harry Potter film.

But there are real people as well. My slightly eccentric host family and Charles the cat, more or less boring teachers, interested classmates, very friendly bus drivers, talkative guards and people sitting in a tea shop, chatting.

What I never had expected from Cambridge is that it is a cycling city. Cycle lanes and signs everywhere. I have hired a bicycle on my very first day here and have taken the great challenge: Driving on the left-hand side. Each crossroads is a new brain gym. Which side I should look first on? But I have read that breaking the routine has a positive impact on ones brain ;-)!

What do we usually not know about Cambridge? In Cambridge was the first official football pitch ever drawn and here have been written down the official football rules for the first time as well. I’m sure, that’s why Cambridge is still well known…

Regards from Britain

Marie-Theres