Wicked snow in the UK

In early February I took off a Friday from laboratory work and headed with Katherine to London for some sight seeing and a visit with her Uncle and cousins (who are British and live in London). We also were able to see the Marshalls in London and catch up.

Buckingham Palace

Parliament and Big Ben!

 

Westminster Abbey.

London Eye and blue skies in London.

On Friday night we went to a musical, Wicked, in London. I was a little cautious about going to a musical, having only been to one in my life, but I was glad we went. Katherine and I got student tickets the same day for a great price. After the show we went to a pub with Katerine's cousin and boyfriend, who drove us around London. I still get scared driving with people in the UK, I always feel like we are driving on the wrong side of the road (because we are, shhhh don't tell the English).

Wicked and the dragon (top of photo).

On Saturday we took a trip to Manchester, but didn't get over to Liverpool as planned because there we a lot of snow! When it snows in the UK it is like snow in Oregon, no one is prepared for it and everything shuts down. Our trains were delayed and people stayed indoors, but in Manchester, farther North than London, the snow was not too bad.

Manchester and slush

Little did I know Cambridge had gotten it much worse... I found out Sunday night when I walked home from the train station...

My walk home at midnight in Cambridge.

But... Snow in Cambridge and the UK may shut things down (half of the flights out of London were cancelled), but it sure is beautiful in the morning.

Path to King's College

King's College and the chapel, February snow 2012.

King's College in snow.

After spending 3 or 4 days having snow ball fights and enjoying walking to lab in the snow, everything melted and we went back to the usual cold and wet winter in the UK. Oh well, the snow was nice when it lasted... is it summer yet? At least it no longer gets dark at 3:30pm.