30/12/2009 - Manchester and Leicester

We went up the M1 to Manchester 2 days ago. Passed by a whole host of cities and towns including Stoke-on-Trent and Stoke City's Britannia Stadium. After a 2 hour plus journey, we arrived in the city of Manchester,which was huge! We went to see Manchester University which was very old, and a more modern Manchester Metropolitan University. Manchester University is impressive, and I must say I realy would love to study there. Its a city campus with no boundaries, meaning the next lecture could be across the road in a public place with shops and all! Rather interesting. The city is beautiful. Its red buildings a hallmark of its industrial past, and its the 3rd largest city in England, after London and Birmingham. We had lunch near the INTO college where it could be a possible route to Manchester University, which has very old and prestigious school, with the largest business school in England. I was mightily impressed. Then we went to the Trafford Centre, where we passed by Old Trafford along the way! Pilgrimage done for this year. haha. I roughly recollect being in Trafford centre before. But its huge! discounts were astounding, and its much much cheaper than Singapore after christmas thanks to the sale! I bought 3 CDs from HMV, since you can only find metal CDs in HMV; Atreyu (2009), Slayer (2009) and Children Of Bodom (2008). Overall,  it was a great day in Manchester, pity about the quickness of the nightfall by 5pm, but thats expected of winter.

Yesterday was a lazy day. We went for lunch nearby in Leicestershire, and tried the karting in Burton-On-Wolds but it was fully booked. In the end, we took the M1 south to Leicester and watched Avatar 3D at the Meridian Leisure Centre. Was a good show! It was a pretty long show, and it was snowing and the road was icy on the way back to Loughborough. Overall, it was a lazy day but a satisfying experience! Looking forward to visting Cambridge University and Devonshire! (: