Sunday, May 04, 2025

London Blues

Pic 1: Our travel class is called "The Empire Writes Back: Adventures in Cosmopolitan England" and is obviously based on theories of cosmopolitanism. (More the contemporary Appiah-Sen-Nussbaum take on it rather the Greek version, but still.) My nerdy learners, whom I'm so proud of, were excited to tell me that cosmopolitanism had been a Jeopardy answer the day before we left, and that some of them nerded out to their families about it. (Student pic.)

Pic 2: In other nerdy news, I did very well on the trivia contest on the flight and then got a bit nerdier and beat my own high score. (My pic.)

In addition to these two happy pictures in blue, we've had some minor travel woes. There was considerable difficulty finding our transfer coach until the airport marshal helped us. Also, our Oyster cards, which are our main form of transportation inside the city, seem to have a zero balance although they're supposed to last us two weeks. This needs to get figured out tomorrow... but it's a bank holiday and may not. Pfft.

7 comments:

Lisa's Yarns said...

Wow you rocked the trivia game! No one came close!! Nice! I hope the transit cards get sorted without too much trouble! That is frustrating! How cool about the jeopardy answer!!

Gillian said...

Take care.

Nicole said...

Oooh you know I love all things nerdy. Go you!
Ugh on the cards, hope it gets figured out. There's always SOMETHING with travel that goes awry.

Jenny said...

You crushed the trivia competition! Twice! And... hope you get the Oyster cards working. Figures that it's a bank holiday- always at the least convenient time.

StephLove said...

I'm glad you arrived safely. Hope you get the transpiration cards sorted.

Nance said...

You were in Genius Mode!
Could the bank holiday be the thing that's causing the glitch in the Oyster cards? Maybe the balance didn't get transferred on yet?
At any rate, you're there and everyone's ok.

Anonymous said...

Tickled by the trivia! Well done, you,

May your time away be fulfilling and life giving, even as you pour into your students.

-Steph

London Blues

Pic 1: Our travel class is called "The Empire Writes Back: Adventures in Cosmopolitan England" and is obviously based on theories ...