A couple weeks ago my two friends, Katie and Clay, came to visit me in Cambridge! It was super exciting since I knew them from Milwaukee and my undergrad, so I felt like I was getting a piece of home when they came by. And the Wisconsin accent! I love it.
The first night we ate at a vegetarian/vegan restaurant called The Rainbow Café. It’s down a narrow alleyway off the main street and in a tiny building’s basement. We all ordered food from completely different ethnicities: spinach lasagne for me, three bean chilli for Clay, and Ethiopian mesir-wat for Katie. The food was simple and lovely.
We were a bit rushed, though, because we wanted to get to Newnham College to see a production of “And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie, which is the play adaptation of one of my favorite novels. After wandering in the cold and dark for a bit, I finally found the college and a nice lady (actually one of the actresses) led us to the theatre. Actually, it was more like a tiny house with a medium-sized room where the play was going on. They had the room divided in threes with the middle section as the stage. It was a really cool intimate atmosphere with only about forty people tops in the audience.
The play really was a fantastic adaptation. All the actors were perfectly cast (and it didn’t hurt that the lead guy looked like Lee Pace *swoonz*). It was funny and scary and tense and the perfect way to end the night. After the show we went back to my hostel, ate a ton of candy, chatted, and went to bed.
The next day we threw together a massive breakfast from all the stuff in my kitchen. I had to go to a lunch at the Master’s lodge, so I dropped Katie and Clay off at the Fitzwilliam art museum. I think they had a lovely time. Afterwards we did some shopping in town and I made my friends get pasties for lunch. Needless to say they devoured them.
Clay was horribly jetlagged, so he went for a nap back home while Katie and I went to Patisserie Valerie for coffee/tea and postcard writing.
That night we had dinner at Bill’s, a delicious restaurant really close to St. John’s. I got a fantastic burger that really hit the spot. We stayed there for hours just chatting while the staff cleaned around us. :)
Night: more candy-eating and talking. We know how to have a good time.
The next morning was another massive breakfast before I had to send Katie and Clay on their way. I wish they could have stayed longer, but it was beyond fantastic seeing them. I can’t wait to go back to the States and hang out with them in our homeland.
cute little post!
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