Today I got to meet up with a friend who I had originally met at home in California. She had visited one of my neighbors since they were family friends. I had taken her around Manhattan Beach and Los Angeles while she visited. She lives in Chester but also attended University in Manchester. The tables have turned and instead of me showing her around, I had a personal tour guide in Manchester today.
We walked around and she showed me all of the hidden places around the city. Places I would never have gone to if she hadn’t shown me. We went to shops that were very vintage which was really cool. There were clothing stores that were very unique and different than the average Top Shop and Zara.
We also went to a cafe where they charged 6 quid per hour. The food and drinks were free and all you can eat. You paid based on your time being there. It was a cute little place that would have been great for studying.
We talked and got caught up with each others’ lives. It had been about 3 or 4 years since we had seen each other. Time flies, and life goes by so quickly.
After more shopping and more touring of the city, we went and got a couple drinks. Of course to the perfect day we had had so far there needed to be a little hiccup in our day.
We had a little confusion on the bar situation. We had gone to this place that had two bars in one. We had sat down at a table at one of the bars and we had a menu from the other bar. We proceed to order drinks from the one bar while also trying to order food from the other bars menu which wasn’t going to work. Once we figured out there were two bars we tried to order food from the correct bar but we were then seated at the wrong tables and they wouldn’t serve us food. We moved tables got our food and we were satisfied.
The next adventure was speed walking to the train station. I was not wearing the right shoes for I didn’t think I would be rushing anywhere.
We made it in time and got a quick picture in the process. It was great to catch up with Faith today and it was another great day in Manchester, but London was calling.
A train and a short walk through not the best area of London and I finally made it to the hostel. Loud Jamaican music was blasting from the downstairs bar and I first wasn’t sure if I was in the right place but I was. I was also in for an adventure and interesting stay.
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