Blogs from Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 27

MY final full day in Vancouver was fitting as it was pouring rain.. just how i left it many moons ago, Friday morning I rolled over and realized that TODAY is the day.. Thanks to my lovely host Dave I was able to sleep in (thank you thank you thank you) repack my bag for the last time and headed to the bus depot to leave my bag for the day while I wandered trying to find a way to waste my last day without spending any money. I got about half way there when I started breaking out into a sweat., Why am I sweating while mearly walking briskly pulling a bag?? Because the bottom of the bag is HOOPED... it was making a horrible noise and I was just short of draggin the damn ... read more

Hello from Manchester! Well let me firstly apologize for not updating this blog for such a long time! We have had a hectic month or so settling in, but are now up and running and going along fine in Manchester. We have found accomodation in the form of a share house with two polish couples, living about 4 miles from the city in an area called Crumpsall. It's a very ethnically diverseplace, with people from all corners of the world. Theres a Jewish college, a synagogue (i think thats how you spell it) and a budhist temple, mixed in with the many small food shops catering for Indian and Pakistani customers. And of course it's a very compact enivronment - the houses are butted right up together wall to wall, which means every night we are ... read more

Hellooooooooo peoples!!!! How's everyone doing?? All good I hope!!! Well what have I been up to?? I have moved thats what!!! I've finally got a flat in Salford Manchester. Am flatting with four other peeps at the mo....my mate Azra, this guy Paul and Charlotte and Rich the landlords!! It is sooooo nice to have my own room after 4months of living in hostels!!! Its nice to have some peace and quiet....Seriously I was starting to lose my SANITY AARRRGGGHHH!!!!! Soooooooo many crazy people living in the hostel(yes I'm probably one of them LOL!!!) CRAZY French Lady!! Crazy Swedish lady!! Crazy Canadian lady!!! .....and dah dah dah CRAZY SPANISH MAN!!!!!!! Anyways NO MORE CRAZY PEOPLE LOL!!!! Nah its cool now, cause work is like 5mins away and the tram stops pretty much right outside my house!!! ... read more

Tues 27th June - The bus to London wasn’t the most comfortable as the heater was pumping out next to me. Brett and I hung out at the bus stop while I waited for my bus to Manchester. The bus was only 8 pounds and I when arrived 4 ½ hours later it was so nice to see a familiar face - Jo. Jo’s mum Janet and sister Lyndsey were there also. Back and Jo and Jon’s I had the yummiest chicken sandwich ever and the best shower and went to bed. It took me a while to sleep as I was still trying to take everything in. I was finally in Manchester catching up with friends I hadn’t seen in over 2 years. Everything is good. 28th June Wed - Jo cooked me a traditional ... read more

Just a quick update.. life is alright here in Manchester.. nothing much has been happening recently.. Rangi got a job, she's working for ASDA which is this HUGE supermarket.. we went to a ball the other week, which was ummmm alright? alot different to NZ balls and dances, but we enjoyed the food.. hehe,, of course! This last weekend we went camping at this scout camp just out of Manchester for a night, that was interesting again.. The weather has been great recently, haha cos i know NZ is enjoying a cold winter.. hehe.. but yeah its summer here now.. its not as good as NZ summers, but its better than their winter thats for sho.. well i wont wrtie to much, so i can put photos on instead.. hope all is well with the Kiwis!! ... read more