Hoy hemos estado en Cambridge, ciudad famosa por sus universidades (colleges). Hemos paseado en barca por el rio Cam y hemos pateado sus calles medievales. Los ninos estan encantados.!Todo en orden, todo bien!
Yes, we’ve been to Cambridge: the town where one of the most ancient universities of England stands, like Salamanca in Spain. We were taken along the city by Jim: a very nice man with a great knowledge about the city and its history. He showed us some of Cambridge colleges where students live and study. Our boys and girls went into huge old dinning rooms panelled in wood with high stained glass windows and great fireplaces. We also visited very old libraries with ceilings as high as those of a cathedral. We stepped through quiet yards and grounds and saw quiet students all over the places. Making a noise was absolutely forbidden in these places, and our boys and girls managed to remain silent all the time.
Do you know who was one of the most reputed students in Cambridge? Isaac Newton! He didn’t have enough money to pay for his studies and had to work to keep himself at the university.
Do you also know that seven of the Nobel Prizes came from Cambridge University?
In Cambridge there are three very important doors for the students: the first one is the Humility door, through which each student has to pass during his first stage at the university. The second one is the door of Importance where students pass in the middle of their studies, and the third one is the Honour door through which one passes after his or her graduation. This door is very very small and low.
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