Once again, from Cambridge--
Chris and I arrived yesterday afternoon (Cambridge time) in Cambridge, after a flight that was alternately easier and harder than our previous trips. The flight itself was easier because the nonstop BA flight from Phoenix is really the way to go--leave in the evening and arrive in Heathrow early the following afternoon. With coffee and Advil, it can all be easy . . .
Until one gets to the ground to face 1) a student's lost luggage and subsequent complications in the terminal (we got off half an hour late), 2) unseasonably warm British weather, which caused a really uncomfortable time on the coach, and 3) the traffic out of London.
But we got in (maybe an hour and a half after schedule) to Cambridge, to find it as quaint and welcoming as before. Dr. Hartle was on hand with both computer information and preparations for our flat (basically ferrying the kitchen utensils that he had stored for a year to our flat), the porters were great and efficient, and the coach driver even was able to drive us straight up to St. Catharine's.
It looks like a good group of students this year, and our dinner at the Granta pub was less crowded than other years near the market square. Today, Nathan was in town, en route from Oxford, and Chris gave the students a tour of town, focusing on the practical information they would need about food shopping and directions.
We heard Evensong at King's College chapel, always a good way to begin the term. Though I've taken a couple of pictures, I haven't uploaded them yet.
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