London!

[metawidget]

Made it to the UK on an overnight flight from Montreal, and stayed mostly awake yesterday, getting oriented, eating traditional Brit fare (bangers and mash for lunch, fish and chips followed by treacle pudding for supper) and wandering around the touristy stuff (saw 10 Downing, Westminster Abbey, Nelson-on-the-pillar and Canada House)... today, I’m going to check out the Victoria and Albert Museum, a potential source of archived goodies for our project, and the National Gallery before heading off to the theatre with Fred and company.

Still some prep and administration to do for the conference, but it all looks good, and my accomodation situation has stabilized -- we had to switch hotels this morning due to some organizational difficulties. I have now found a place where I can get a daily broadband hit and keep up with the world -- I imagine the conference, being full of computery types, will have a hookup too. But I now have a plan B.

The weather is unbritishly sunny and warm, and walking outdoors beckons...

Comments

[tylerpistol.livejournal.com]

OH NO! I was going to try and sneak in your luggage so I could get in some wacky British escapades and I forgot!

[drux.livejournal.com]

Nelson-on-the-pillar Its called Trafalger Square dear
unbritishly sunny and warm Ah ha! Just you wait, will be raining in no time.

If you have time for more touristy stuff get a boat up the thames to greenwich and go to the observatory. 'Tis very cool :)