My year at Cambridge

My year at Cambridge

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First day of school

First day of school

Should have got up at 6 am to catch the bus at 7:05 to get to Girton by 8:20. Woke up at 7:01 and ordered an Uber. Found out that an Uber on my phone cost £22, an Uber if I signed in on my laptop cost

Girton College

The three universities I applied to - Durham, Oxford and Cambridge - are collegiate universities. It means that when you apply to the university and receive the offer of a place, you have to wait longer to get an offer from one of the universiy's colleges before you

Life in London

We have been in Cambridgeshire for over a week by now. But I haven't finished with London. If you are only here to read about Cambridge, you could skip this chapter. I have a photograph (black and white) of myself and my cousin Margaret feeding pigeons in Trafalgar

Back home in London?

Back home in London?

We collected our mound of luggage and headed for the airport tube. We counted on taking the Piccadilly line direct to Kings Cross, no changes. Were foiled by the cancellation of all Piccadilly underground trains between Heathrow and Hammersmith. Got on an Elizabeth line train instead. That line didn'

Day 1: Departure

Day 1: Departure

August 31st. After almost a whole year of planning, here we are sitting in YVR waiting to board British Airways flight BA84 for London. Mixed feelings? Excited? Apprehensive? Confident? Actually, none of the above. Exhaustion dampens all feelings entirely. It has been a difficult year. Moving back to Vancouver after