All Posts Mentioning ‘England’

From Oxford to Boston, Austin

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

I am pleased to announce that I will be coming home to Boston for several days before leaving for Texas. It was actually much cheaper to do this than it was to try and fly to Austin all at once. Much furthermore, it will be good to see friends and family.
I will be back in [...]

A Month in Europe

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

I just spent 34 days travelling around Europe. Here is a detailed map of the route I took and where I went.
I went to Scotland for a week, Norway for two weeks, Germany for a few days, Switzerland for a day, Spain for a few days, and France for about a week. I have no [...]

Bookings for Winter Travel

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

This page is a follow up on my previous blog entry, a proposed travel itinerary. This is a second pass for travel plans for this winter break, many of which have actually been booked at this point.

Two Londons and an Oxbridge

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

The last ten days or so have been exciting ones. This post is mostly informative / a jog of my recollection, but has pictures for once, which should be appreciated by the reader! But they take forever to load because I still haven’t set up my image hosting properly due to lack of time. So [...]

Travel Plans for Winter Break

Monday, November 26th, 2007

This page is about plans for my travel over winter break from Oxford, from 4 December, 2007 to 10 January, 2008.
Travel Goals
My goals for these travels are as follows:

See the English countryside, Aberdeen, and Dublin.
See the fjords, mountains, and glaciers of Norway.
Go to the Arctic Circle.
Hang out in Venice for a few days
See Zurich, Geneve, [...]

Weather in London vs. Boston

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

London has a cooler, drier, more temperate climate than does Boston. I support my claim with the following data.
In an average year, Boston is wetter and cooler, overall.

Boston is wetter than London by 12.8in.
London is cooler than Boston by 3°F.

In winter and summer, London’s temperature are less extreme.

The low average of London in January is [...]