My team and I traveled to a one week conference in Bristol, England, and let me tell you, overnight travel is nuts. For those of you who aren't familiar with the geography of the UK, West Kilbride (my Scotland home) is in south western Scotland, Bristol is in south western England, and London (our transfer station) is south eastern England. Not the best set up for a road trip on public buses with a group of twenty. Our bus ride started out rocky when we all had to split up, because the passengers who boarded before us all thought they could snag their own row. We settled into the empty seats, and I got the front row on the top level. The whole driving on the other side of the road already made me confused, but man, when you're an extra story high, it seems like you will tip over every time you turn, or you'll run into the buildings passing by. It was quite the ride. The next problem we ran into: day light savings. Evidently, the bus company did not think it was important to carefully schedule our agenda, because they forgot about falling one hour back. Because our bus couldn't take up space at a bus station, or arrive an hour early, we stopped at a truck stop for an hour. My poor, tired, bus riding logic let me get a fast food hamburger at 2am (mind you, it felt like 3am). My breath and stomach were not happy. Bristol made the fifteen hour travel (and even the hamburger) worth it, though. Bristol is very artsy and creative, so it reminded me of Minneapolis' funky vibe. The people are pretty friendly and talkative, so I met a lot of random people this week that I ended up getting to know quite well. My team is on the bus to Cambridge now, and it's only a five hour bus ride. The wifi on public transportation is kind of sketchy, but at least it's free. We'll be in Cambridge for one week, and then we go back to Scotland! Cheers!