SADLY, THIS BLOG IS NO MORE, BECAUSE I DON´T HAVE THE TIME TO UPDATE IT.

there´s like 15 computers at the school for 52 people, and it´s only open a few hours a day.. so I don´t have enough time!

Amy

Cambridge England January 13th 2007

The second day in Cambridge, we went punting down the river and saw more of the university. It´s pretty much a boat you stand in the back of and push with a big long pole - a lot harder than in looks or sounds. In the picture, Anya´s attempting to punt, and that´s me and Kat sitting down. Dave´s not in the picture, cuz he got stuck being the photographer :P

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And that pretty much sums up Cambridge. There isn´t much in the town other than the school, but apparently the school is quite large, and there´s a number of bars and things to do on campus. All of the stores and everything else in the town are only open from about 10:00-4:30 or so.

And it was sooo good to see Anya and Dave!! Since there isn´t much to do at night there, we just hung out with them in their apartment, played games and watched TV (and tried to get some rest to get over our jet lag!!)

Cambridge England January 12th 2007

I know I´ve been slacking on updating this thing, but I´m finally settled in in Spain, and have time to do this!

So before I go on to talking about Spain, I´m going to talk about my UK trip. My original plan was to visit my friend Anya (and her husband Dave) who graduated from RPI and is not at Cambridge for her PhD. Then Anya´s friend Kat decided she wanted to visit too, so Kat and I traveled together, and split our time between hanging out with Anya and Dave, and running around seeing other parts of the UK.

First thing that I have to say is that Cambridge University is GORGEOUS. It was built I think in the 12th century, so it has a bunch of amazing old architecture.








Also, the university had a ton of crazy stuff - like the original copy of winnie the pooh, and a some of Newton´s original documents.

To the left is a picture of a descendent of Newton´s apple tree, growing below what used to be Newton´s dorm room when he was at Cambridge.

New Orleans, LA January 5th-8th, 2007

Went to New Orleans this past weekend to crash the Joint Mathematical Meeting.

I didn't actually attend the conference, but went to hang out with some of the people on the left (friends from my REU in Nebraska)
It was tons of fun!! And Steve, Joy, Rich and Ellen were sadly missed!

In this picture: On Bourbon Street drinking hand grenades, something I would definitely recommend if you ever go to New Orleans. From Left to Right: Britt, Mike, Derek, Brian, Katie, Me





This picture explains one of the reasons why New Orleans is wonderful :)












Luckily for Britt, on Friday night she was able to discover her future place of employment












We went to the Ripley's Believe it or Not Museum on Saturday.
On the left is a picture of a replica of "The Birth of Venus" which was created in a toaster from 66 pieces of white bread.





Also, in true New Orleans fashion, we made sure to stop by Pat O'Brien's and get hurricanes. This was by far one of the best bars I've ever been to. It was all open-air, and had fire/water fountains like this.



Oh, and speaking of fountains... Katie and I took a dive into the one at the Sheraton where we were staying. When we got out, we had to make a run for it, because hotel security was coming after us. Luckily, Brian was there to hold the elevator door open for us, so we got away!

Started this blog today (it was a good idea on Suzanne's part!)

Mainly to keep people posted on my travels

Tentative Schedule of Events:

New Orleans: January 5th - 8th

England/Scotland: January 12th - 20th

France/Belguim: January 21st

Spain: January 22nd - May 18th

Road Trip to Cali: End of May