A Cambridge Hello

Hi there! Sorry I haven't been in touch with anyone. Things are so busy here and yet the days are jam-packed and we all feel as though we've been here forever. Cambridge is amazing! Right away I met some really great people and we are hanging out and planning trips for weekends, etc. I have my own little room here at number 6 Fitzwilliam street (not my mailing address) where about 10 girls share the house and our three bathrooms (there is a grad student living on the 3rd floor - he studies history of architecture). The rooms are really cute with closets and a water closet (a sink in a closet), shelves, and even a bricked up fireplace - apart from the usual bed and desk. Our bedder comes in everyday to do various chores (empty the trash, make the beds) and she's really nice and sweet and always tells me the day's weather.
Classes are incredible and varied. Gothic Architecture is by far my favorite. Apart from lecture we have a weekly seminar where we go visit a couple of churches in Cambridge - there are SO many! And they're so amazing! Tomorrow we're actually taking a train to nearby Ely Cathedral! So excited! I am absolutely in love with these churches; I even found myself sitting in one writing the other day - so cool and peaceful. The school itself (King's college) is also a masterwork of gothic architecture and I will be sure to send along more pictures when I have time to document the College Chapel properly. We may even get an amazing behind the scenes tour of the roof there one of these days - unbelievable! The other classes are good too - I'm really glad I'm taking creative writing, I think it's going to help immensely, and Political philosophy has once again helped me remember why I love political theory.
Everyone is so much fun! We go out to the pubs (it IS a pub culture) and last night we had our class picture taken together and then had formal hall dinner - very nice! It's like Harry Potter in the formal hall, just short of the floating candles; and that's where we eat everyday!

Well, we're off to London this weekend! I shall try to get some pictures up soon - I haven't been taking a lot lately just because I'm in one of those moods and I feel bad taking pictures of people. But I am slowly collecting some. Hope everyone is well - keep in touch, miss you all!

all of my <3
amanda l. berg