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Finally this journey begins! And with a surprise twist, too: Amsterdam’s numb… |
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Click.They say we're young, and we don't know,We won't find out unt… |
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The opening gambit. |
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“Boarding closes 45 minutes before departure.” Of course it does. Takes tha… |
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Oh! A forward facing cabin! |
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“Top of the morning” from a rather chilly Harwich port where I now have the… |
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Shops? Colour me intrigued. |
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If you squint, a cafe and a food truck might qualify as shops? Lots of people s… |
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“Welcome to this service for Manningtree. We will be calling at: Manningtree.… |
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There is a direct service from the port in Harwich to London, but they didn’t… |
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London Liverpool Street. I need to be at Waterloo in four hours and have not th… |
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I didn’t know you can climb the Monument. This should be fun. |
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They only tell you afterwards that it is 311 steps. But the views sure are grea… |
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Nono, I am only here for the brutalism. |
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Short rest in St Olav’s churchyard. |
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There’s some sort of wayfinding marathon going on. People in running gear wit… |
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Trump Street turns into Russia Row. Just sayin’. |
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Inner Temple. Of course the flippin’ lawyers got themselves the nicest bit of… |
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Well that was a hell of a lot of fun! And I didn’t even manage to do Westmin… |
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If you visit a big city, consider not doing museums and sights but just wander … |
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Good lord. |
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Why is it called “Southampton Airport (Parkway)” if the airport is right be… |
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The Boat is reporting to travel from Zeebrugge to Southampton but is currently … |
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I was going to a pub but then I realised that it is Saturday and from what I’… |
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Good morning from a sunny Southampton where I now have five hours to kill. Let�… |
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Call me superstitious, but no thanks! |
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Southampton Central has a nice train spotting bridge and enough trains that eve… |
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German word of the day: Fotowolke. Lit: photo cloud, the cloud the moves in fro… |
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There are five cruise ships moored in Southampton today. No wonder accommodatio… |
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And, little surprise, most of the waterfront area is parking for all those peop… |
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Rogue Cricket – not even once! |
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They sure offer you quite a walk before seven days of nothing, but I am getting… |
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Ah, the joy of a ferry where you are the only foot passenger. There’s hundred… |
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Post #AmIfFH88Q6ntcl3veK by [email protected] |
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My home for the next seven days. |
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Boarding was fairly airline-y except that the security checkswere staffed with … |
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Googles “starboard.” |
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The last line is off. Talk to you all in seven days – unless there is a surpr… |
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Ahoy from 3158 nautical miles later and the other side of the Atlantic. Quite s… |
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If you fancy crossing the Atlantic by ship but have your doubts about the whole… |
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Since I couldn’t get a decent picture in Southampton, I took the ferry to Gov… |
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Oh, this elevator actually has one of those buttons you pull to stop the elevat… |
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Manhattan is rather quite pretty in a chaotic sort of way. |
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Elevators are the motor car of vertical transportation: very convenient but als… |
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@partim the IETF used to regularly have very heated discussions about the relat… |
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@paul_ipv6 Writing elevator software is probably a really fun job. |
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@partim from my memories of the discussions, as we dived into details of edge c… |
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@paul_ipv6 This may very well be a legit use case for machine learning. |
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@partim indeed.tweaking the algo based on actual local usage patterns could be … |
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@partim oh to be the PhD candidate analyzing elevator usage and control algos.P… |
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Grand Central Terminal may be grand, but Grand Central Platforms are cramped, d… |
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Is there any other railway station with its own Oyster Bar, though? |
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@partim Pro tip: if you're so inclined, one of those bars down there will g… |
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But back to walking. I’m only down to 42nd street – it’s a long way to th… |
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@partim enjoy. it is a nice walkable city, one of the few in the US. |
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@partim I have a much worse photo of that deck taken in 2010 when I worked aboa… |
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LB: I've probably mentioned this before (because it's one of the only i… |
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Turkey is promoting itself as a partner in sustainable development by driving g… |
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“Pick any two”? |
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I think I’ll skip this one. It’s a long walk and not a very nice one, what … |
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“Sir, we’d like to purchase your house to build a spanking big skyscraper.�… |
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I can now report that walking from 80th St. and Riverside Drive over to 85th an… |
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Because the trunk lines of the New York Subway are quadrupled, they run express… |
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“Excuse me, is this the train to Düsseldorf?” |
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All the car dealerships are in Hell’s Kitchen? Makes sense. |
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If you visit the new Penn Station train hall, make sure to also go upstairs and… |
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Leaving New York … |
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It’s good to be back on the rails again! |
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The end of today’s trip in Schenectady, NY. |
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And yes, I have to copy-paste that. One reason why I picked it over Albany. |
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There’s a small college with a large, leafy campus and an odd temple to its f… |
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Also yay for working for an organisation that is part of Eduroam* (I knew it wo… |
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Oh good. Now that I am about to leave the US I found the small wad of USD cash … |
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Schenectady is a nice surprise – an agreeably town with a mostly intact town … |
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But: onwards! |
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Left for Toronto, right for Montreal. |
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Bad weather in Rome today. |
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Big kerfuffle as Canadian immigration forms are handed out. One lady realises s… |
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Race! |
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I guess I am in Canada now. |
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Holy Mackerel, this place makes British seaside towns appear classy and restrai… |
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Which place? This place: |
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I am staying here, though, which is half a mile away and really lovely. |
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No faffing about today – serious travel instead. You know because I’m on th… |
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The Wifi on the bus goes round and round … |
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Finally I get to try the other Bombardier double decker. |
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1885 called, they want their technology back. |
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(Yes, I should have tried to get a better picture but downtown Toronto is hot a… |
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The train to Montreal is one of the old sets. From everything I have heard and … |
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We haven’t had a sunset on this trip yet, so here you go. Best I could do wit… |
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This Toronto to Montreal service is quite a good run, really. Five hours for 58… |
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Montréal Centrale features its very own furniture store right on the main conc… |
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Apparently, as an urbanist transport nerd person, I am legally required to ride… |
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REM’s current first phase mostly connects a new development east of the river… |
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The “back” side of Mont-Royal (near enough an actual mountain – it is cit… |
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Montreal sure likes its doors. |
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Look! An octuple bendy bus. |
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The Canadian flag is without a doubt a piece of design genius. But I’d argue … |
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Drat, I forgot to have poutine again! |
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And we’re off for the final extravaganza of this trip, crossing the St Lauren… |
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And here’s my Nightstar compartment. It is quite fabulous. Such a pity that … |
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Post #AmSJ7aCRNiGf2VbPqy by [email protected] |
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@partim Such a lost opportunity! |
