2003 all over again
We are in London, posting this from Computer Lab 2 in the basement of 99 Great Russell. The Labour Movement statue of the scarf-wearing man bending down to help up another man is still there. Exchange rate is a bit better this time, though.
We live in a community next to Hampstead Heath. Families and flowerboxes are much in evidence. It's bitterly cold (not as bad as Berlin in December '03, though--not cold that drives you into every corner coffeeshop.) Tonight we're meeting friends to see New Year's Eve fireworks. The rest of the faculty don't arrive until next week, so I've got plenty of time to practice walking the three miles from our flat to Great Russell until I can get here without getting lost. On Friday I will get my British Library Reader Card and begin delving into the India Office materials and missionary manuscripts. You get a free extra year of BL access if you're going for a PhD (keep that in mind, boys.)
Do any of you have Skype?
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I do have Skype, yes. With video.
And bitterly cold means below freezing, which it isn't in London. Florida has spoiled you. It's snowing today in Berlin... which means it's even more beautiful. And I happen to like corner coffee shops.
I also ran into the former Stockstill girl you're friends with on Sunday at church. I can't spell her name, but it starts with a D. And met her husband. Nice enough people, those.
Happy archive diving!
In fact it has been. Serpentine lake is frozen. It snowed yesterday morning. Today has been pleasantly warmer, though. Scholars apparently like the warmth, as the British Library was totally full. Nowhere to sit.
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