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Next up, I flew to Heathrow on Monday and for this trip had no plans (or time!) to visit London proper. I traveled about 9999999 100 miles west to the town of Cheltenham (LINK) -- the cultural hub of the Cottswald region (spelling? and make bold!)centre of The Cotswolds. The environment in Cheltenham was far less hectic than in London and the people were incredibly nice and accommodating. As usual, my students were incredibly bright which made the workdays enjoyable and my "outings" primarily consisted of my daily walk to/from the training center as outlined below.MAP PICTURE!!!
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Right at the beginning of the walk from my hotel there is a nice brick building that simply caught my eye.XXXXX
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Speaking of brick structures, there was a cool looking church building that was up for sale. Could you imagine turning that into a house?XXXXX
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Fortunate for my evenings, the BREWEREY MALL THINKGING W/LINK The Brewery Quarter was still just outside my door and they had plenty of dining options.ONE PICT LOOKING DOWN BREWERY
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Near the end of the drag was this cool looking building.THREE PICTURES OF BUILDING W/CAMELEON
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This got me to the end of this (heavily restaurant focused) mini-mall and dropped me onto WAS IT HIGH STREET High Street.CURVING STREET PICTURE W/POINTING BUILDING.
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This was clearly a pedestrian thoroughfare as the streets were lined with small shops and restaurants and much of it was closed off to vehicle traffic.ADD ALL THE PICTS HERE OF THE STREET
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It was so nice to see regular folks (business people on their way to work, kids on their way to school, people buying groceries and visiting the post office, etc) and I really enjoyed seeing so many people greeting others they knew on the street. You surely don't see that in London!! Just a byproduct of a smaller town and a nice one indeed.
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