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Hey there, I could not post any earlier as I got back from England only some days ago (10-18Feb) and was piled up with work. Now that I'm at dacha I can post some pics and make some comments. Overall, it was both positive and negative experience. Norwich is a small city 185km north-east of London, typically British and very cosy. However, cold weather without snow and with harsh wind made staying at NILE school classes (seminars were held there)pretty uncomfortable. Three star hotel (TraveLodge) was not very good either. Some of my fellow-teachers, who are writing a book with me (under the guidance of BC Moscow,) were unfriendly at times , which made me walk around the cities all alone. On Thursday we went to Cambridge (CUP) where we had a small reception and they showed us old publishing equipment and warehouse. It was very nice and pleasant in Cambridge as it's a splendid city, more sunny than Norwich. On Friday we moved to London, Paddington. It's full of small 3-star ho

Hey there, Tomorrow I'm flying to London. It's our last coordination session, which our organizers decided to hold in NILE (Norwich Institute of Linguistic Education). Two previous sessions were held in Russia - Kupavna and Suzdal. Now it's a kind of gift from British Council (BC) Moscow, who support the EFA project. It was not easy to arrange my absence from classes at HSE and School 1359, but I tried my best to achieve this. So I found out that the city dates back to 16th century and hope to see many interesting things there. I also hope to see how studies are organized at this university. I'll keep you informed about my stay. Getting back on Feb 17. Hugs and love to all of you...