My hotel is right in the middle of the college district. The view out my window is of the zoology library and, while getting ready for bed, my view out the window is of racks and racks of books throught the windows across the street with a few diligent students studying.

This morning, I started in Bristol and rode the train to Paddington Station in London. Then a trip on the Underground to Kings Cross Station. I boarded the train to Cambridge on platform 9b (not 9 3/4 for all you Potter fans).

The smooth hour trip from London to Cambridge and a taxi ride to the hotel and soon I was out exploring the streets. I walked around the colleges and took pictures of the churches and people punting on the river. I had dinner and a pint in The Eagle pub. Then I ran into come colleges and we had to go out for another pint and a another pub.

Once I get some real network connectivity, I'll get some pictures up.

Found in the Independent ...

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<p> A day of meetings was capped off my a walk around the city of Bristol, a dinner at a wharf-side restaurant and a few pints at a local brew pub (you do know that the British prefer their beer warmer and flatter than us Americans). Pictures are accumulating on my picture page. </p>

I arrived in England without a hitch. Well, except for the long line to get through immigration – there was a 30 minute queue for us “other passport” people. I took the Heathrow Express from the airport to Paddington station. I arrived Monday morning during rush hour so the place had this rhythm of trains pulling in and masses of men and women in business attire pored out of the trains, cell phone to ear as they flowed out into the surrounding streets. A quick train from Paddington to Bristol and I was at my first destination.

I am sitting in the Dulles airport on my way to England. I have a week long business trip that will take me to Bristol and Cambridge. Sadly I won’t have much time to sight see with most of the whole days taken up with either traveling from old place to another or in meetings. I plan to take pictures of what I find and send them over. Stay tuned.