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Walking through Western history juxtaposed with the latest, cutting edge design gave our eyes no time to rest. We began with a visit to the 800-year Cambridge University where Ben is completing his PhD in business and Sunny was on the search for Harry Potter.
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After a two days in Cambridge, a three-hour train ride away is Hay-on-Wye in Wales. While only home to 1,900 residents, the town is a mecca for book lovers with over thirty bookshops, many specializing in second-hand books, and two Norman castles.
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A visit to London’s Victoria and Albert dwarfs any other museum and can fill over a week with inspiration and discovery. It is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects in 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5000 years of art, from ancient times to present day, in virtually every medium. For fashion fanatics like us, be sure to visit the costume collection containing over 14,000 outfits plus accessories, including the dresses from the last collection designed by Alexander McQueen, and the jewellery collection with over 6,000 items, including bracelets once belonging to Marie Antoinette and the finest pieces from the West, Africa, India, and Asia.
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