May Day Weekend

Last weekend was May Day Bank Holiday (England speak for long weekend). Nick and I went to the May Day celebrations at the Downton Cuckoo Fair. I had my beloved freshly made cotton candy.


And we watched some traditional Clog Morris dancers.





They danced to the rhythm of a band made up of different antique accordions and a few other instruments.


This picture is for Jim. Wouldn't you love to have a go on this!


We also watched a few dances down by traditional Morris Dancers (the non-clog kind)


and the Maypole Dance (a folk dance preformed all over Western Europe on this weekend since the 1700's. Although I bet it wasn't originally done to the music from River Dance like ours was :)


The next day we went to Cambridge (not too far from home). This is the sighing bridge (like the one in Venis). This bridge provides a walkway from the students' residence to their classes.


And went on a guided punt on the river Cam.


Wondered around the campuses.



I didn't realize that Cambridge isn't just one university. It's actually 20-some different totally separate colleges. All of which make up of a population of only 22,000 students. Which is less than the population of U of C.


It is a beautiful city filled with great buildings and a calm student-coffee-shop atmosphere.



The residence are so studious that the Waterstone's book store is open late and needs security to man all the people going in!