En route

Just a wee update for anybody curious. Left Belfast for Cambridge on Wednesday, spent Thursday and some of Friday in London and am currently back in Corpus, whence I shall remain until leaving for NZ on Tuesday. During this time, I'll (hopefully) have intermittent internet access so FB and GoogleMail messages should still get to me at some point before I head.

Firstly, apologies to those I missed in London yesterday - between not being sure who was there and not organising group meetups better, I had to travel back to Cambridge last night without having even made contact with a number of people I'd love to have seen. Secondly, a big thank you to those I did see at various points on Th&Fr, it was great to catch up, especially not having met up with some of you since graduation a year and a half ago!

Incidentally, to help avoid doing the same again, I'm going to be in Corpus bar this evening and would be keen to see anybody who's about (for those not otherwise occupied!) Especially, since I believe there will be wonderful live blues on :)

Well, lots of generic touristy pictures taken in London and managed to get bustled into the Changing of the Guard at Horseguards Parade, which was very interesting. Still, not quite computational fluid dynamics! Finally feel as if I've seen London and was quite impressed actually - not bad at all. No pictures yet as my camera lead is in my case, safely stored til Tuesday.

Lastly, a practical note, as the main point of this blog is to provide some practical information for anybody studying, New Zealand House is about 3 mins walk from Piccadilly Circus (down Haymarket), very handy. It may, however, just be me but Haymarket numbering is rather confusing, so keep walking down until you hit the large modernish building with a large 'New Zealand' sign on it on the right (from Piccadilly). If you're picking up documents, you don't have to queue - heading to Immigration NZ on the Mezzanine Floor, there is a buzzer and someone will fetch your passport (with visa inside) straight away. While I imagine it may not always be this quick, I was in and out of the building in less than three minutes.

Oh, and, incidentally, check plug connections - Australia, NZ, Fiji and others are on a different pin system to anywhere else in the world. Different travel adaptor required than for US/Europe.

Well, ciao for now, Phil