What does Cambridge Offer? Not US but the UK

Despite what our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic might believe, especially one William Gates, buying up everything in bulk or giving tiny backwater towns names identical to that of bustling metropolises (and I wish I had a pound for every person I have spoken to for work this week who said, despite my strong London accent, “now, is that Cambridge, UK?”) Cambridge is definitely in the East of England, and is no way connected with Cambridge, MA – well, at least not until Bill Gates has bought a few more acres.

If your going to Cambridge  for the weather well don't even ask what it's like, it's miserable. Except for a few days in July when it’s scorching hot and the English all rush to the nearest park, get bombed out of their minds on special brew and work on their tans. It’s not a pretty sight

What does Cambridge offer?

The city has nearly 400 places where food is served, and about 100 pubs – some of which aren’t actually full of pretentious students.

Although the nightlife in Cambridge doesn’t seem to go much further than the local pub there are a couple of half nice places for live music and shows.

As you would expect in such a studenty place, on every corner there is a bookshop and you can guarantee it to be thick with unwashed students who have never seen the inside of a lecture hall, all trying to get their sweaty hands on the latest Harry Potter. The Grafton Center has a reasonable book store which seems to have cheap prices.

It’s not cheap but there is more B&B (bed and breakfast places) in Cambridge than you can shake a stick at. The quality varies from poor to excellent and the price ranges from stupidly expensive to “oh my God, I am going to have to send my entire family out to sell their bodies if I am going to stay here!”. As the LP recently said ‘most people will soon realize that Fawlty Towers was in fact a documentary’. The main ‘budget’ hotels can be found along Cherry Hinton road, where a double room with a good breakfast will set you back roughly 50 quid a night.

The real benefit instead of staying in a B&B would be to go and find yourself a place to stay for a weekly price. You can findCambridge apartments anywheres, I was lucky when I found mine and found it on a site called Prop2GO. The service was qucik and I certainly didn't have trouble finding something I could afford.