I spent the day in Cambridge today.  I was looking forward to a fun day out of London, but I hate to admit I didn’t love Cambridge.  What I did love was my afternoon tea in Grantchester (more about that later).  I left my hotel around 8:30 AM and got to King’s Cross Station around 9:15.  Plenty of time to buy my ticket and find the correct platform.  I’m not a Harry Potter fan, but I did manage to snap a couple of photos at Platform 9 ¾.  The train ride to Cambridge takes about 45 minutes on the fast train, and then it’s about a 20 minute walk into the city from the station.  (You may be noticing a theme of a lot of walking in this trip!)

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