#mayweek

So this is nearly a month late, but I was fortunate enough to finish up my year abroad with the wonderfully Cambridge experience of May Week.  May Week is actually in June, confusingly, and it is the week that colleges host these ridiculous and awesome parties called May Balls and June Events.  I attended three of these in a row, and seeing as they last until about 6 AM, that means I basically became nocturnal.  But that was actually pretty good, because I was on a plane home the day after Pembroke June Event, so it helped me adjust to EST fairly quickly.  I was so sad to leave Cambridge, but also excited to see my family.  And the good news is that I already have plane tickets to visit Polly in Guernsey this summer, so it wasn’t goodbye for that long!

But rewinding to the May Balls.  I worked at Trinity, helping out with Guest Hospitality, on Monday night.  On Tuesday, I attended the very pricey but magical St. John’s May Ball, with Yasuko and Dou Dou.  And on Wednesday, I got to go to Pembroke June Event with Yasuko, Anna, Annie, and Polly.  All the pictures above are from Pembroke.  I will post again soon with pictures from St. John’s!

Pembroke had the theme Celestial, so it featured decorations related to the skies and outer space.  Once you made it through the queue to get in, there were all sorts of food and drinks free of charge, as well as dodgems (British for bumper cars), giant swings, space hopper balls, a telescope, hammocks, face glitter, an owl, and more.  There was also plenty of live entertainment and music to dance to.  We stayed through sunrise and breakfast, but not until the very end, because we were pretty tired by that point in the week.