The Stateside Adventures of MinkeyMo the Christmas Monkey MinkeyMo the Christmas Monkey and his adventures in America

Cambridge, slumming it in Magdalene College

MinkeyMo managed to wangle rooms in Magdalene College in Cambridge for a few days while D and G were visiting. He had a great view of the river Cam:

MinkeyMo checks out the view of the river Cam from his window

The rooms were decked out in all the usual, tables, chairs, lamps, tea and coffee chest that used to be the Pepys family bible box back in the 1600's. You know, the standard rubbish these colleges have lying about.

MinkeyMo checks out the tea and coffee box

There was also a rather nicely carved chair, if a bit old-fashioned, having been created around 1677

MinkeyMo inspects a carved wooden chair from 1677

Of course, the best part of it all was falling out of the front door of Magdalene and directly into The Pickerel.

London! Londinium…

MinkeyMo took a break from the heady delights of California by travelling to London and doing a bit of touristy touristing. He walked around the City for a bit, taking in the river...

The Thames and a bit of the London Eye

... and fought through the school tours to check out Big Ben...

Big Ben. In case you didn't know.

... and then he did a walkabout of Westminster Cathedral, which was really interesting.

Later that evening, after a super-quick but awesome meal at a Persian restaurant MinkeyMo got treated to an evening at the Royal Albert Hall in a private box and all! He even got to hear the 1812 Overture complete with cannon-fire.

MinkeyMo, after the performance, takes in the Royal Albert Hall from his private box

MinkeyMo has decided that he really likes London Town.