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Cambridge with a Mathematician.

I wrote a version of this in my journal on January 10 at the very beginning of our trip, and thought I’d share it:
Today was my first full day in the UK since our arrival yesterday morning in London’s Gatwick airport around 9:30 local time. Our hike though London from the airport to the King’s […]

The Passing Storm.

For any of you who heard about the massive European storm today, we’re not among the 11 dead (and counting). The winds were somewhat frightening at points, though, and apparently all buses and trains from Cambridge to London were canceled. Our friend Jurgen who is visiting (a Belgian doing a Master’s at UW-Madison, but applying […]




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