First we were in the Botanic Garden near the Eurocentres, our school, to have a tour through the different “plant islands” and listened to our classmates who told us something about the plants, the structure of the garden and the different gardens like the Glasshouse, the Stone Garden or the Dry Garden. The atmosphere was beautiful and there were plants we had never seen before. We also went into the greenhouses and there it was even hotter than outside. After the 45 minutes in the Botanic Garden we changed the location and we met half an hour later at Trinity College next to Market Square.
Today was the last day of the project work presentations
Trinity College is the largest college in Cambridge but in spite of this only 970 students are studying there. “Trinity College” is the abbreviation of the full name, which is “College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity”, and since 1546 it has been a federation of two older colleges: Michaelhouse and King’s Hall. The main entrance is called the Great Gate and used to be a part of King’s Hall. Above the Great Gate on the outside of the College there is a statue of the college's founder, King Henry VIII. Some years ago, his sceptre was replaced by a chair leg because somebody unknown thought this was a funny prank. To the right of the door, there are the former rooms of Sir Isaac Newton, the famous mathematician and natural philosopher who studied in Trinity College.
The college planted an apple tree in front of the window of his rooms as a sign that he had studied there. After the two tours we went shopping in small groups and we enjoyed the wonderful second to last day. In the evening there were the same everyday activities like bowling, going to a pub, playing snooker or billiard.
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