The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 2007

Cambridge wins! The 2007 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race took place last Saturday, 7 April. We didn't have tickets to the Cambridge sponsored party, as many of the group, with which we traveled down to London, did. Instead we had a spot by the start of the race by Putney Bridge along with thousands of other spectators. I doubt the majority of people had much interest in the race; I think their interest was in spending an afternoon drinking with friends amongst a throng of people on a mild spring afternoon.
We realized that the Univ. of Cambridge river boat (below) was blocking our already limited view, so we watched the race on a big screen at a bar—a bar with windows on the second floor that afforded us a decent view of the boats at the start of the race.
The cheers for Oxford were loud in the beginning, but eventually M* and his classmates took up the Cambridge call. They were quick to congratulate each other when the Cambridge boat crossed the finish line first (below).
Before heading back to Cambridge, we went to a Middle Eastern restaurant in Mayfair. Another restaurant in the area, aptly named L'Autre, offered a mix of cuisines that I've never encountered: Polish & Mexican.