One Last Day Trip

I'm on the train to Edinburgh today...up and back the same day for a short two-hour meeting with libraries. One of the disappointments for which we were prepared was the fact that we would not be able to do everything together on this trip.  I've missed York, Cardiff, trips to windmills and castles.  I've gone alone to Florence, Delft, Tilburg, Munich, and now another trip to Edinburgh (though we were all there together a short time ago).  Eli even asked if he could come with me today.

We're all winding down now...ready for the comforts of home and desperate for our own beds, our own space, and our American friends.  The only things I would do differently are with the benefit of hindsight.  I probably should have taken some more time off of work...somehow I've managed all of this with only three days holiday over the course of seven weeks.

It's been absolutely fantastic to visit libraries and librarians with whom I have limited interaction.  It's been equally wonderful to meet more of the OCLC staff in Europe...putting faces to names and meeting others for the first time.  There is part of me that could just stay for another month or another year, but right now there is a bigger part of me that is ready to return home.

I will return to the Sheffield office tomorrow for one last day, then we're off to London Friday, a last hurrah at the Harry Potter Studios, then a long trip home on Saturday.  For now, however, I will enjoy my last bit of civilised travel across a beautiful countryside.