Planning for departure

My daugher and I at Churchill Fewllowship Award Ceremony

10 days to go till departure on my 2012 Churchill Fellowship and I am in full swing finalising itinerary details. In the last week my husband and I attended a Churchill Fellows Association medallion lunch in the gorgeous Botanic Gardens... Last look at spring foliage as we head into the European autumn, and inspiration from some impressive 2011 fellows. Anyway, back to the trip....I recently secured some meetings at Cambridge University, impressive educational institution and the head of the faculty  and professor of education is...an Australian! Needless to say he welcomed my proposal to visit enthusiastically and has a raft of researchers doing important work on school improvement. Can't wait to see him in situ and hear that accent in the historic setting of Cambridge...