It's the second last day of my Europe trip. When I got down this morning, I saw the South African boys I met in Manchester. Wow, what a small small world. My simple breakfast was followed by a Greenwich half-day tour, where my first stop was Royal Observatory. I got out from light rail station, passed the Greenwich Park with the help of road signs, climbed up a hill and came to the Royal Observatory. Maybe because it was morning or there was a huge lawn nearby, I felt so refreshed when I looked down from the Observatory. First I visited the museum in the Observatory where history of time and observatory instrument and answered my time-related queries. After that, it came to one of the highlights of my London trip--Prime Meridian of the World. The ... read more

Didn't sleep very well because of the "real man show" in my room last night. I walked to Victoria after breakfast and visited a free exhibition in Urbis. The exhibition was about drinking culture in Manchester and mentioned about the history of a famous pub/club in the past. Then I went back to my hostel to take my luggage. Man I really like this hostel a lot. Not only is it cheap, but also it provides with super clean and neat rooms and fantastic shower in the bathroom. Super recommend it as a hostel. It's so upset to come to the last stop in Manchester: Canal Street. The district is famous for its gay culture with many gay/les pubs open in it. Colour flags, meaning "peace" originally and interpreted as "homosexual" nowadays, were everywhere in Canal ... read more

It's the most leisure day of my whole trip. I wanted to visit the largest museum in National Railway Museum, but it only opened after noon and I had to give it up and went to Yorkshire Museum instead. Yorkshire Museum showed the history of human being but its content wasn't as rich as York Castle. Personally I think it's not a must. I love the grass in front of the museum though, should be one of the best places to lay down on during summers afternoon I think. Then I went back to hostel and got back my luggage. I walked for about 15 to 20 minutes and came to the station. York is only one of the terminals on the way to Manchester, so it was already lucky when I was able to find ... read more

I spent about one hour to pack my luggage last night. It was the last night to sleep with Jeanseb in the same bed, huh, sort of miss it...At about three or four, I was awake and found my friend was sleeping in the only gap between my head and the bedside, looking funny yet feeling we are getting closer and closer. At the moment I was about to fall asleep again, I felt my right shoulder got heavy, so I looked...omg he slept on my shoulder...I tried to wake him up but failed, so I gave up at last and closed my eyes again. At about six sth, I said goodbye to one of my best male friends. I didn't cry, just feeling a bit sad. I wasn't sure when we'll meet again but I ... read more

I left at 9am this morning with an uneasy feeling: something's missing. After getting a seat on a train, I figured it out - after deducting the entrance fee of Musee du Louvre, I've got only three to four euros and I left my credit card at home! There were not many people when I arrived at Louvre and I manged to get in the museum in 20 minutes. Similar to Versailles, Louvre is a place where you can spend a whole day (or even more) on it. The arts museum is the largest I've ever been to and its entrance fee is less than 10 euros. It spreads wide in European elegance with a glass pyramid as its entrance, blending modern and classic design perfectly. No wonder it is one of the landmarks of Paris ... read more