{"id":345,"date":"2007-08-12T11:17:58","date_gmt":"2007-08-12T19:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peakepro.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2014-09-02T10:00:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T09:00:41","slug":"settling-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/archives\/345-settling-in.html","title":{"rendered":"Settling in"},"content":{"rendered":"
This was probably our easiest intercontinental flight yet, thanks in part to the inadvertently educational in-flight entertainment system<\/a>. We caught the tube all the way up to Golders Green<\/a> (no apostrophe there, for historical reasons–this excuse covers a multitude of sins in England)–to spend some quality time with Val’s delightful musician friends, their lovable elderly golden retriever, and two cats. We took Gilly (the dog) for a brief walk in the park after a nearly-fatal nap, ordered in some Chinese food, and began setting the world to rights. <\/p>\n Today we are resting (I’ve been reading Robert Hass and an essay by Richard Jackson on imitation that will fold nicely into my upcoming talk<\/a>), adjusting to the new time, and getting ready to head down to Portsmouth<\/a> tomorrow to visit Val’s oldest school friend. The following day we’ll catch a ferry to the Isle of Wight<\/a>, then back to Golders Green on Wednesday. I hope to bring back some photos of the lovely South coast, and to get some more reading done on the train there and back. <\/p>\n I have set up a Flickr map<\/a> (thanks, Nathan<\/a>) and plan to add pictures as we go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was probably our easiest intercontinental flight yet, thanks in part to the inadvertently educational in-flight entertainment system. We caught the tube all the way up to Golders Green (no apostrophe there, for historical reasons–this excuse covers a multitude of sins in England)–to spend some quality time with Val’s delightful musician friends, their lovable elderly …<\/p>\n