Actually am currently in Bristol waiting for my connection. Luckily it's on the same platform as my train from Bath, just further down. One snafu is that I got on the wrong train coming here - obvious from the fact that my reserved seat didn't exist. Still, the train staff who checked my ticket seemed fine with it, though I think my ticket was so cheap because it was for a specific train. The other confusion was that it meant getting to Bristol early enough to have caught he previous train - though I'll hold to my reservation this time :) apparently this train is a local, rather than an express, but the route is apparently quite scenic.
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And after that fragment of a post from the first day, nothing till right now as I'm about to land in Muenster. Not even time for my usual recap I think, so just general impressions of the city and the conference. Overall I had a really great time here - the conference was interesting, and I made lots of awesome friends.
Exeter is quite a small city, though to be fair, I stuck mainly to the area near to the university. Though that smallness doesn't mean it's busy to get anywhere. The role area is really hilly, with the university on top. Within the university, the residence hall we were staying at was near to peak I think. It was quite a trodge going down to see the city on breaks, or for drinks and stuff, though in the end I did more of that than expected. Going uphill was absolutely brutal with a suitcase from the train station. Besides arriving exhausted, I also was in a state of fear that if I relaxed my grip the case would go rolling down the hill. Managed to check out the cathedral, do some shopping, and then also had an interesting boat cruise as one of the conference events.
For all that, I ended up with a room facing the hill, and not the spectacular view. There was a big terrace though, and the dinning room where we had breakfast and some of our dinners had floor to ceiling windows. The catering at this conference was actually really good. A highlight for me was after lunch once when dessert featured a giant tray of macarons.
I think the best part
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