Thursday started early by catching a coach from Oxford at 7am, which meant that we were all awake by 6.15am - a truly unheard of time of day for young people!
We arrived in Cambridge and were given tours of Trinity, St John’s, Downing and King’s colleges by current and former Cambridge University students. We also had an impromptu question-and-answer session in Trinity College, where (despite what Angelos might try and argue) all of the Oxford-educated staff decided that Oxford really was the better university.After some lunch in the city centre, we were taken on a punting tour of the River Cam, which allowed us to learn all sorts of fascinating stories about Cambridge life past and present. The route took us along “the Backs” (a stretch of river running adjacent to the rear of many Cambridge colleges), and gave us all plenty of time to argue about the accuracy of historical dates with the tour guide. This, I suppose, is the danger of taking so many well-educated students anywhere!
After some free time in Cambridge, we had a meal at Wagamama (a Japanese restaurant) before getting on the coach to head back to Oxford.
Next up: debating at the world-famous Oxford Union and an Oxbridge interview skills workshop.
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