Cambridge Get Away: Day Two | Museums, Cambridge Uni & the Best Chelsea Bun in the UK

Monday, August 27, 2018

Cambridge Get Away: Day Two | Museums, Cambridge Uni & the Best Chelsea Bun in the UK

Day two was a lot more jam packed for us! If you haven't read day one then feel free to! I'll place a link in this post for you! Anyway, day two wasn't as chilled out as the previous day, there was a lot more for us to do, as we ventured out fairly early in order to enjoy the quirky shops and cafes we'd found during our walk from day one! It basically meant a lot more walking, which we didn't mind at all!

Aromi Sicilian Coffee

Firstly, we stopped for a beverage in a small Sicilian coffee shop close to the city centre. When I say it was small, it really was small! There was a queue out of the door and the seating available was very limited. I don't know how, but we managed to get a table in the window. I had a latte and Tom (my boyfriend) had a flat white. Pretty simple orders, they came relatively quickly considering how rushed off their feet they were! The coffee was delicious, one of the best I've ever had. The art on it was unlike anything else I've seen, which made it ten times more novel! If you ever go to Cambridge, it's on Benet Street.

Fitzwilliam Museum

This museum was probably one of the easiest attractions in Cambridge to find. It's not too far away from the city centre and is full of all sorts of bits and pieces. Varying from the Greeks to the Egyptians, with Victorian china mixed in along the way. The café downstairs looked clean, modern and very much able to seat a good amount of people. But forgetting the food and drink aspect of the place, the museum is beautiful, from the moment you step in through the doors you're transfixed on the decadence of it's surroundings. It's all quite well air conditioned as well, so it's comfortable to walk around.

Their extensive Italian art gallery houses some of the most beautiful paintings I had ever seen, they were even thoughtful enough to place some very comfortable seats and benches around the museum, along with booklets which went into more detail about their paintings and exhibits.

If you're around Cambridge and stuck for things to do, then this would definitely be worth a visit. Oh and I forgot to mention...the admission is FREE ;)

Pembroke College

Unfortunately, there weren't many parts of the university open for public viewing, we found Pembroke College, which was open to our amazement! We had never seen grass like it, especially after the heat wave the UK had just experienced. The grounds of this college are beautiful and well kept. The inside of the buildings are old, almost like Hogwarts in Harry Potter. We weren't allowed inside though so I can't show you any photos, we were sneaky instead and peaked through some of the windows!

Fitzbillies - The Best Chelsea Bun in the UK

I am actually going to write a review about this place in a separate post very soon! So if you'd like to hear about it in more detail, then stay tuned for that! You can follow me on Twitter to stay up to date with newly published posts (link to which at the end of this post).

Anyway, we had heard very good things about this place online before we went. Steven Fry even loves the places, most of all, their Chelsea Buns! So we went in for a hot drink and obviously to try what everyone was calling 'The Best Chelsea Bun in the World'. Along with my Chelsea Bun, I had a pot of Earl Grey tea, whereas Tom had a simple cafetiere coffee!

I recommend you pop in if you're passing that way, or if you live in Cambridge and haven't yet paid it a visit!

Climbing to the Top of St Mary's Church

After having a coffee and the most delicious Chelsea Bun, we headed over to a church called St Mary's. It's owned by the university and is a beautiful, rather small church in comparison to others in the area. We decided we pay a little extra so we could climb to the top and get some great views of Cambridge from quite a height. Although it doesn't look very big in the above photograph, it felt very high when we were actually up there.

We climbed over 120 steps of a very old, steep, spiral staircase. On the way, you got to see the room in which the bell ringers work and going even higher, you saw the bells that ring every quarter of an hour. It was very impressive! By the time you reach the top, the views are stunning and very much worth the walk up.

A Gander Around the Centre

Eventually, we started getting hungry. The snack we had, by this point, had digested several hours ago, and so we were now in search of some dinner. But on the way, we decided to have a look down some small, pretty, quirky and old parts of the city.

Dinner at 'Bread & Meat'

This place served one of the best sandwiches I think I have ever had. For roughly £9, you get a large ciabatta bread roll, in which there is slow cooked beef, cheese curds, roasted green peppers and a spread of mayonnaise. They also offered sides of wedges, gravy and much more all for a very reasonable price when compared to other eateries in Cambridge. It really was a fantastic place to eat, and I know I've said this about a lot of places throughout this post, but go and visit it if you get a chance!