Archimedes Meets Shakespeare

Archimedes is probably the coolest guy in all of history. I mean, the guy invented the cuckoo clock, the odometer, and a semi-modern irrigation system, ALL BEFORE 200 B.C.E.! He was a mathematician, a physicist, and an architect at the same time, and basically defended tiny little Syracuse, Sicily from the entire Roman navy using his own Grecian noggin. And Shakespeare, well, he's pretty cool too, and I'm an English teacher. Read Hamlet.

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01 June 2007

Cambridge

So I'm not sure if the outlets here will zap my camera if I plug it directly into the computer. Thus I can't upload pictures quite yet. But anyway, I arrived into London, then took a train from King's Cross to Cambridge, where I'm staying with my friend Ben. There was a great thing in King's Cross, too, because they actually had "Platform 9 3/4" across from the ticket booth. I was wondering how I could possibly take a picture without looking like a total tourist, but I decided the picture was more important. I'll upload it when I can.

Cambridge has narrow, winding, pedestrian streets like you think of in France. Also, lots of big old buildings. And there are more Americans, Chinese, Indians, French, Portugese here than British, it seems. It's probably not true, but I've met surprisingly few British people in Cambridge. I guess if it's the Harvard of England and you're hanging out with a bunch of PhD students, that's what you get.

Anyway, this afternoon it's off to London, so I'll tell you more once I know it.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow! Platform 9-3/4! What a hoot. I wonder when they put that sign up? I'm enjoying your blog. Love you. -- Mumz

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