St Andrews was preparing for the Open, but I headed to Oxford for the RoSBNet Workshop.

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01standrewswelcome
St Andrews welcomes
Open visitors 		02bridges
Bridges are built
to the golf course 		03tents
And the whole place
erupts with tents
04peoplecamping
People come
and camp 		05vans
There are phalanxes
of vans 		06limos
And limos
07airplane
I get on an airplane
to Birmingham 		08drivingtunnel
I got a good view
of driving in the gangway 		09airrail
I take the
Air-Rail Link
11train
To the train station 		12oxford
And go to Oxford 		13birdandbaby
I pass the Bird and Baby
Tolkien's old haunt
14stannescollege
And go to St Anne's College 		15room
Where I have
a very modern room 		16building
The workshop
is in the same building
17inside
On the ground floor 		18talks
We have talks 		19panel
And panel discussions
20coffee
Coffee breaks 		20posters
And poster sessions 		21dinner
There is a fancy dinner
22fancymint
Which ends with
a fancy, handmade mint! 		22ashmolean
After the workshop
I stop at the Ashmolean 		22moneyexhibit
They have an exhibit
on money
24moneydisplay
Lots of kinds of money 		25piggybank
A piggy bank
from 16th century Indonesia 		26safavidcoin
A Persian coin
from the Safavid era
27mongolscript
Another Persian coin
with Mongol script (turn of 14th century) 		28writing
There is also an exhibit
on writing 		29statue
And one on the human form
with lots of statues
30statue2
Another statue 		31giftshop
And a museum trip is never complete
without a visit to the gift shop 		32plane
I fly back home
33tigerwoods
And watch the Open on TV
Tiger Woods takes a shot

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