Nicola's Churchill Adventure

My week in Boston had many highlights. After my initial culture shock of Cambridge I stretched my wings and got to see a few of the many lovely sides to this part of the world. There was of course meeting incredibly talented and committed people working to better the lives of children and young people…

So something fun. Elissa, another Churchill Fellow who is undertaking this adventure at the same time as me with remarkably similar itinerary, booked us tickets to see Florence + the Machine this week. Was so great. She IS a machine. Elissa joked that King Charles III should play ‘King’ at his coronation. There’s been worse…

I had a number of really interesting meetings this week with some fantastic people. I won’t share all my notes with you because, well, partly it won’t all be interesting or relevant, but also, then I won’t have anything left to reveal in my final report will I. Of course I will, as I need…

Too much time to myself makes me moody. Not sure did you can tell by my previous posts… Then I see little cute reminders of home, and I FaceTime Cameron for half an hour and I feel better. He reminds me I am meeting people the next day and that is exciting. Fills my cup.…

After my NYC weekend I board the Amtrak train to Boston. A relaxing 4 hour trip with some lovely views along the way. Trains are a nice way to travel. I manage to navigate the Boston public transport system and make it to Central station in CambridgeMA, where my AirBNB and home for the next…

So my first weekend of this trip finds me arriving in New York at around 9pm. Nice chat with the Lyft driver – originally from India, spent 6 years in Melbourne. Did one year of his Accountancy degree then changed to hospitality. (Didn’t ask how that went down with the folks!). Now he’s been in…