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I find myself with an odd mixture of just wanting to be home again<\/strong>, in my old rhythm and comfy bed, and wishing I could stay longer to see people<\/strong>, take day-trips out, photograph more, and (at some point) spend more serious time reading\/writing. Just a few more days, a few more adventures, a few more old faces that I haven\u2019t seen in too long<\/strong>. And probably a mad day at the British Library photocopying everything I can get my hands on that I can\u2019t find in the US.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> A market in Cheltenham<\/span>.\n
\"\"<\/a> The loo at Gloucestershire<\/span> University, Cheltenham<\/span>.<\/div>\n
I feel like we lack such shiny things in the US.\n

\"\"<\/p><\/div>\n

Reminiscent of so many good times in Bristol \u2013 playing with Soorjya<\/span>, Jei<\/span> Ma, SJ, Ana, Katherine, and Jiaming<\/span> (who I met up with and played again Friday).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dinner out Friday.
Indian food with (left to right) Fabio, Moragh<\/span>, Francesca, Theresa, Anna, SJ, and me.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> A walk in Westonbrit<\/span>, a national Arboretum, with Anna (left) and Fabio (center). <\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Yes, I\u2019ll be happy to be home again, back at work, back with Julie, back with friends \u2013 but I\u2019m already thinking about how I can manage to return (soon) to spend another 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks (?) here. And next time it\u2019ll be mostly in Bristol\/west of England\u2026. With the GB Pound so low I don\u2019t feel at all poor here \u2013 finally \u2013<\/em> and with the economy (everywhere it seems) going down, prices are dropping like mad<\/strong>. So it\u2019s actually a great time for me, oddly enough, to be here. We\u2019ll see though \u2013 there is work to be done in MT and plenty of good times there to be had. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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