Gregory's ServerMade it to Lille, my first stop on this trip. π«π·
Looking forward to exploring the city tomorrow!
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 Also, behind this unassuming faΓ§ade hides a massive 10-storey book store, one of the largest in the country! If only my French was better... :/ Didn't spot any fish, but some passengers sang about sharks! π¦ London *also* is full of loud, drunk men today... :( I'm assuming it's sports-related β does someone know what's going on? *quickly changes stations, gets on another train and flees* I'm in Oxford! Sandstone buildings, bars, and bookshops! I did this "self-guided tour for new and prospective students", and enjoyed it a lot! It's very well-produced, and playing audio based on my location worked quite well. Found the Penrose Paving at the Mathematical Institute! Also learned that they published most of their undergraduate lectures on YouTube: https://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/67930 Visited the National Museum of Computing today. I've been to plenty of computer museums β but this one is special: Almost everything works! You can type on an Enigma, and then see how a bombe helped decipher it. It's *loud*!! They also have a computer from 1951, the "Witch", which still works! It had 340 bytes of RAM, could calculate five values per second, and punch them out on paper tape! |
Whoa, there are cafΓ©s and bakeries everywhere in Lille! Had luck with the weather today, and got to admire its cobblestone streets and brick buildings.
Quite some action in the city today: I saw a wedding with a big traditional choir, and I think there was a football (?) match against Lyon.