Wednesday -- Stephen Hawking speech at the Cambridge Union... very cool to see him in person!
Thursday -- rowed in Fairbairns Cup Race (we placed 24th out of 73 boats... not bad, and much better than last year's 37th place finish!), then that evening had a mulled wine and mince pie party for first-year grads and undergrads, went to undergraduate formal
Friday -- champagne reception for boat club, then formal dinner (with black-tie!) and hands-free desserts (yes, means what you think it does!), followed by drinks with friends from the IR department
Saturday -- played in soccer match (ended up a draw, 5-5), massive party at our residence
Sunday -- watched several West Wing episodes (great show!) with friends from IR, ate dinner at a delicious Turkish restaurant
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So that's just a brief synopsis; it's been nice to have a couple laid-back days after the last frantic academic push. I'm heading to bed right now because I fly to Edinburgh tomorrow morning and need to get some rest! And then it's Amsterdam on Saturday. I'll try to post in between if I find an internet cafe, but I won't be back to my computer in Cambridge until December 12.
Here some are quick pics from our Fairbairns Cup race (I'm sitting at position 2, the second to last in the boat) and the boat club dinner the next evening. I'll provide captions later... but the pictures are probably self-explanatory :)
