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05/29/26 - Borough Market trip (The First of Many)

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I'm excited to report back on our much-anticipated trip to Borough Market. Highlights included The Black Pig's "The Best One" sandwich, Wild Mushroom Risotto, chocolate-covered strawberries, and truffle oil. Pro tip: Most of the stalls are happy to give out free samples if you ask nicely :) After our taste-testing adventure, we crossed London Bridge to visit the hidden garden at St. Dunstan in the East. I ended the night with karaoke at O'Neill's! Love, Megan

05/30/26 - 11 miles in Cambridge

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On the first day of our British Life in Business class, our instructor, Mr. Graham Bolton, gave us one motto to live by during our time here: Learn By Wandering Around (LBWA).  Safe to say Cambridge was a perfect example of this approach.  We walked 25,000 steps across the city, hitting 11 miles on our trip. The campus was gorgeous and sprawling, just like Oxford.  My favorite part of exploring was pretending to be prospective students so we could walk into the gated colleges. Each had a unique architectural style and precious little gardens.         The Backs felt like a fairytale. Little bridges connected flower gardens across the river, and weeping willows draped over the water, brushing the punts passing underneath.     We stopped at the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, which had some impressive fossil collections. Snapped a picture of the Corpus Clock!  We saw some beautiful churches, including the famous King's College Chapel, th...