A Grand Day Out

Up at 4am, got a taxi at 5, checked in at 5:30 boarded the plane at 6:45 and landed in Edinburgh at 8. Reached the city centre at about 9:00.


Once there, we walked around for a bit, awe-struck by the grandeur of the city, and went into a cafe called 'chocolate soup' for a quick snack before going to New College for the conference.

There's a new edition of the Greek NT coming out, two scholars from Muenster in Germany spoke to us about their work, new methodology, new ideas. Unfortunately, I wasn't in the best position to fully understand it but I did manage to ask a question -- Chris said it was more like an accusation, it wasn't meant to come out that way. Anyway, it's quite a privilege to have heard from scholars at the forefront of their discipline. (David Parker, one of our scholars in Birmingham is also at the forefront, he and his team are collaborating with the Germans) Particularly impressive is the digital version that will be available. If you're into that sort of thing, you can read a bit about it, and preview some of the features here: http://nestlealand.uni-muenster.de/

We finished at New college at about 4pm which left us with a few hours in which to be tourists.

Then back to the airport, on the plane at 9:30 and back into brum at 10:30. Some people got a taxi, but some of us knew the train would be cheaper, and it was. Unfortunately, there were about 1000 people on the platform. They'd been to a concert at the NEC, a Take That concert! We did manage to get onto the train when it arrived but we had to stand in close proximity all the way to New Street. Finally got home just after midnight, said hello to two of my housemates and went to bed feeling very, very tired.