I took a busy trip:
first visiting Maria from the CSH course in London, then meeting up with Meghan and her family who were doing a bit of touring in London and Oxford, and then on to Manchester for a conference!


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david_wave
David waves goodbye
as I leave on Friday
snow_mountain
On the train
I see a snowy Scottish mountain
forth_bridge
And cross the forth bridge
platform9threequarters
At King's Cross Station in London
I visit Platform 9 and 3/4!
maria_julius
In London, I visit Maria and Julius
marias_street
This is the street where they live
It's in Notting Hill
cancer_research_UK
Maria works at Cancer Research UK
maria_tetrad
Here's Maria
showing off the lab's tetrad machine
anne_lab
And here's me
doing some lab work!
market
We go to Portobello market on Saturday
travel_bookshop
Anne in front the Travel Bookshop
from the movie "Notting Hill"
tight_rope
I visit Covent Gardens
and see a tight rope walker
juggler
And a juggler
VandA
Then we see the Victoria and Albert Museum
of decorative arts
meghan_turn
On Monday
I meet up with Meghan
meghan_dad_train
Meghan and her Dad
on the train to Hampton Court
hampton_anne_train
Anne
on the same train
hampton_anne_meghan
Meghan and Anne
at Hampton Court
mistletoe
Where we see
wild mistletoe! (those green bunches in the tree)
hampton_dragon
And a cool dragon sculpture
hampton_trees
The gardens are very pretty
hampton_maze_start
And they have a maze!
hampton_maze_deadend
Ut oh!
Dead end!
hampton_maze_megdad
Hey,
there goes Meghan's Dad
hampton_maze_megmom_bets
And there's
Meghan's Mom and Aunt Bets
hampton_maze_center
Finally,
I reach the center
hampton_maze_end
Where I find
Meghan and her Dad already there
hampton_wisteria
Wisteria
grows along a wall
hampton_gardends_back
Hampton Court from the back gardens
hampton_gardens_out
And those gardens
hampton_knot_garden
The Knot Garden
hampton_pond_garden
A pond garden
hampton_vine
The largest grape vine in the world
hampton_vine_roots
And this is where it's roots are
hampton_kitchen
We visit the inside of the palace
and see the kitchens
hampton_winecellar
And the wine cellar
hampton_stairs
And I get one shot off inside the rest
before they say no photos
modern_art
Back in London,
we go to the Tate Museum of Modern Art
milenium_bridge
From it's top
we can see the Milenium Bridge
barge
And hey, a container barge!
Our stuff came over on one of those
globe
From the bridge, we can see
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
london_bridge
And London Bridge
(it was getting dark by now)
st_pauls
St Paul's looked a bit weird...
st_pauls_drawing
It was a drawing over scaffolding!
I felt like I was back in the Tate
tourbus
On Tuesday, we go to Oxford
And take the tour bus
bird_and_baby
We have lunch at the Eagle and Child
Also known as the "Bird and Baby" by Tolkein, CS Lewis, and friends (the Inklings)
meghan_inklings
Meghan
in front of the JRR Tolkein and CS Lewis displays inside
anne_inklings
Anne
in front of the displays
inklings_letter
And the pub had a framed letter
from some (inebriated) Inklings!
bicycle
A guy on a bicycle
looking very Oxford-ish
ashmolean
We went to the Ashmolean Museum
egypt_cats
Where we saw stuff like
these Egptain cat sculptures
christ_church
We went to Christ Church
alices_shop
Which is across the street
from the shop where Alice in Wonderland went
moss
We waited at Christ Church for Meghans parents
and got a bit bored. Here's some moss I photographed while waiting
meghan_macro
Here's Meghan doing similar things...
harry_potter_staris
Meghan and Anne
on stairs that were in the Harry Potter movie
church_inside
Inside Christ Church
dragon
Where I find carved
Dragon
phoenix
and Phoenix
anne_quad
Anne in the quad of Merton College
which was where Tolkein had his last position
manchester
And then it's off to Manchester
floors
I've never seen
Zero and -1 in an elevator before!
talk
And the trip comes full circle
when someone from Maria's lab gives a talk at the conference!

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