So the other day I watched one of the excellent BBC Planet Earth series on my computer, awesome.
Now I see the same episode here on American TV. they have replaced Sir David Attenborough’s lovely narration with an American woman, and cut bits out so it feels rushed. Not so awesome.
Oh dear… what a mess, just not cricket…
A large number of Aussies (and some Kiwis) gathered at Tommy Doyles Irish pub (where were the pies?) in Cambridge to check out the final of the cricket. Following a scintillating innings by Gilchrist, Sri Lanka struggled to keep up with the run rate.
In the end there were some communication issues and the game ended in the dark (and we were in the dark about what was happening…).
About time the Aussies gave someone else a go I think.
I have now done my first really touristy thing here in Boston, walking the Freedom Trail. It’s a trail that pretty much goes through the middle of Boston, passing a number of iconic monuments, buildings, graveyards, and places to spend money.
Before leaving I found a podcast which gave me some guidance, saving me the embarrassment of wandering along the trail with someone in an old fashioned get-up shouting at me.
Here’s an example of an old building sitting in the middle of the city…
The rest of the photos are here
I think there are a few things out there like this, the one I found (thanks Goldie) is Pandora.
Give it an artist or song you like and it goes off and finds music of a similar ilk. It’s been pretty clever with what I’ve asked it for so far…
I made my first foray into the south last week, with a trip to Atlanta to see Nick and Michele get married. As soon as they did that we went away for a week, first driving almost all the way to Florida to visit Okefenokee and Cumberland Island. Then we drove all the way up to the north, to stay in the foothills of the Appalachians and see a fake German town…
Awesome trip! This google map shows roughly where we went
Photos here.
