Cambridge and Ely, 3 June 2007

It was a very nice time to go out after several rainy days. There were too many things to see and talk about, so I'd choose one thing at each place to share here. If you'd like to see more photos from the trip, please visit my Flickr corner.

At Fritzwilliam museum, Cambridge, I took a photo combining two ideas in my mind: 1) It was several years ago when I was in Vietnam, I was relaxing myself in a silent corner in my favorite café, Báo (newspaper), when I noticed a group of friends. They seemed to be artists based on their appearance and the fact Báo was a popular meeting place for artists. They were talking to each others but a guy was looking around as if he was trying to find something. He took one of his shoes off, place it vertically, lying on a foot of the table nearby which looked quite funny. He then asked each of his friends to take off one shoe and place those shoes on the other sides of the table's foot - 4 sides, 4 shoes. Finally, he took a photo of the arrangement and them all laughed cheerfully with his work. I found the idea quite smart and funny and I remembered it from then. 2) The one-shoe image also reminds me of a poem learnt in high school. Actually, it was not taught but read to class by my favorite literature teacher. The poem was about a lonely left-foot shoe who was heartily waiting for the right one - an interesting implication of love. There came my own art below ^_^:

At Fritzwilliam museum, here come the right-foot shoe ^_^

At Ely, we visitors were all amazed by the great cathedral. Having visited Norwich cathedral and other churches several times, I still could not help myself impressed by the size, the architecture of the building. A local lady told us that the cathedral was first built more than 1000 years ago and had been being upgraded during the time. It was a big pity that the cathedral was closed when we came, so we could not explore its in detail. I believed that the two towers would be ideal places from which we could have a great view of the whole area. Oh yes, it should be mentioned that there was a large, ever-green park attached to the cathedral. The park would be excellent to accommodate visitors, give them somewhere to enjoy meals spiced with fresh air. Flowers were blooming all around the park, too.

Since the cathedral was too big, it could not be captured fully in one photo. Thus I had to be satisfied with a part of it which was taken when I was lying on the grass, trying to get the whole height of the front tower. And as you see, still only a part of the tower was captured. Believe me, it's much more exciting seeing the structure in your eyes than in my photo.

Part of the wonderful monster - the front tower of Ely cathedral

See you again, Ely...