Oxford & Manchester

The trip out to Manchester actually began with a short stopover in Oxford to see the town and catch up with two girls I met in Prague who study there. Jess and Chenting are in their first year at Oxford University and while Chenting lives in the Gay college, Waldham, Jess lives in the toffee nose college, Christ Church, and because of this took us around her college showing me lots of stuff including the great hall, which they eat their meals in. More importantly, however, it is where Harry, Ron and Hermione eat their meals in all of the Harry Potter movies. It was a pretty cool hall, but in all honesty the main reason I went there is because I know so many Harry Potter nuts who haven’t been there, that it makes me laugh to go there and tell them about it.

After spending a few hours with Chenting and Jess, I had a quick look around Oxford on my own, finding a store called “extreme” which sold snowboarding and surf gear. But had an electric chair to get up four steps at the front door. I must say, I’m glad that those that are unable to walk up four steps are being looked after in their surf and snowboard needs.



























And with that bombshell, it was time to jump back on the train and head up to Manchester.

Manchester is a great place to be, it seems. The vibe is pretty active due to it being such a student town, and also there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of tourists there. This is probably due to the fact that there is not one thing I saw in my three days in Manchester that I considered was worth taking a photo of. It’s just a town like any other. But, what it does have going for it is a great nightlife and incredibly cheap drinks. Font bar has cocktails for 2 pounds. All night. Brilliant. And even at the Mint lounge, which was a club we went to, the drinks didn’t go over 3 pounds. I could like this city, but my liver wouldn’t.