Back to Cambridge

Today was our last out-of-town excursion. We'll spend tomorrow and Thursday relaxing in Hitchin before traveling home to Boston on Friday. We returned to Cambridge today to explore the city some more. 

It was a really wonderful day, except that I had one episode of urgency, reminding me that there will be steps forward and back. On treatment days there is always a goal to retain the implant for as long as possible- at least 1 hour if possible- and sometimes it's longer than others. The part that was scary was that we were walking around the Cambridge Botanic Garden and didn't know where the nearest restroom was and somehow managed to walk through a zillion meandering paths instead. Dad spotted a helpful gardener who pointed us in the right direction and all was good just in the nick of time. Ugh- I hate those moments. 

The rest of the day was lovely! We spent two hours at the Botanic Garden, then went to the Polar Exploration Museum, did some wandering and shopping, and ended the day at Evensong at Kings College- beautiful service and the choir was incredible.  

Cambridge Botanic Gardens
Botanic Gardens- Glass Houses


Hanging around the River Cam near Clare College
Waiting in line for Evensong at Kings College! Beautiful service/music

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