Ely and Wicken Fen!!!!

Today the Dickinsonians, both of the humanities and sciencey variety went on a trip to the town of Ely. It has a big cathedral as you can see from the picture, one of Oliver Cromwell's houses, and a pretty sweet apple festival.
First, some more pictures of the cathedral.

That last one was taken while drinking some of the most delicious apple cider I have ever tasted. It made me miss your apple pie Mom - I'm sure Shaun is missing it too.

Also at the festival......

ALPACAS!!!!!

                                                                                   .................... (much cooler than a horse)


Cromwell's House:

And now for Wicken Fen. You might be thinking, "yes Sarah, but what the bloody hell is a fen?" (and yes you would be thinking that in a British accent). Well, I now know that the Fens are a marsh/swampy land that were drained a long time ago, but keep flooding so they have to continually keep draining them. If you want a little bit more info on it, you can visit their website at http://www.wicken.org.uk/ or you can look at the little BBC page http://www.bbc.co.uk/handsonnature/wetlands/wicken_fen.shtml .

This was the first thing we saw on our tour. I named him Ferdinand.