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The Cambridge University School of Applied Mathematics is such an unusual complex, I thought it deserves a blog. I particularly like the section that is the "Sir Isiac Newton School of Applied Mathematics." The following photos gives some idea of it's uniqueness. I don't know what is required to gain admission to the school, but I can't imagine it is easy.

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 There is not much about Punting that I can tell you other than it is a lot of fun; it is a big deal in Cambrdge; it can be done by people who have zero experience at it and I did not see anyone end up in the water. The river is a couple of miles long and goes thru the center of Cambridge. G, Phil and I all took our turns and we had a great laugh.

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               We slept in the upstairs front bedroom at Phil and Zoe’s. The bedroom has large windows that look out over the street with several large trees most cedars. The house is warm and comfortable with a wonderful garden (big back yard) overlooked from the kitchen. Phil gave G a tour of the garden, plums, blackberries, cooking apples, eating apples, pears, gooseberries a giant weeping willow and all kinds of other greenery.  Zoe rode her bike to her lab while the three of us enjoyed breakfast of muesli, yogurt and blueberries. Phil tried to tempt us with sexy bacon, but we have been eating so much on this trip that a heavy breakfast just never seems to sound good.

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