Ninth College: Murray Edwards College

Ok, the title already gives it away, but had it not been for the great tradition of counting the Colleges I would have shown you this picture and let you guess what this is:

You have to admit, that the last thing on your mind would have been a College (after all the Hogwarts pictures I showed you, you should know better!). 

Welcome to Murray Edwards!

Murray Edwards is one of the few colleges in Cambridge that only admits women. It was founded in 1954 (what? The incredibly baroque buildings are not from the 16th century?) and initially called New Hall. Although I am not too much of a fan of the new colleges and their architecture I like the entrance of this one with the palms (that photo could have been taken in Singapore!).

This building is a bit bizarre, to be honest:

I guess the weirdest thing was the fact that it was so empty! In the older colleges you expect to be all by yourself in those huge castles, but here you'd think people should be around, right?

The thing I enjoyed the most about this college was the fact that it was very luminous. Some of the other modern colleges are much darker (seriously why, WHY did they pick the fifties out of all times to build the new colleges, where everyone was thinking they had to be so innovative and unesthetic!). Anyways... they also had a lot of art going on there with pictures and sculptures decorating all the hallways (way to go!).

Stepping out into the garden actually reminded you of the fact that you were still in Cambridge and seeing the terrace already gave you the urge of having some tea...

This college could actually be the set of some futuristic movie. I can totally see the villain fighting the hero on the roof of what clearly is his his observatory in the picture above. 

All in one interesting College! 

Also, we almost cleared a third of the colleges, yeah!