Manchester, reading week, and Edinburgh

It's been too long since the last update! Nothing has really happened though, apart from mine and Anna's Manchester trip last Saturday! It was really just the ticket as I was getting a bit bored...

It was quite nice weather at first...

... then the dark clouds started coming in...

... and finally, we were caught in a hailstorm.

 

Luckily we were safe in a charity shop for most of it! We just had to go outside to take some pictures...

 

There were lots of nice vintage shops in one part of the town. Manchester seemed to have more different kinds of areas than Sheffield - they even had a Chinatown!

It was basically just a bit of a street with several Oriental restaurants, but we weren't complaining about a 3-course lunch for £5.

I've had reading week this week, and even though I haven't done as much work as I would've hoped, I'm still pretty satisfied with what I've done. I also got another care package from home with some Finnish chocolate in it! That was such a nice surprise, again!

This weekend will be quite exciting because I'm going to Edinburgh! The trip is organised by the Erasmus Student Network, but I think there'll be non-Erasmus students going as well. The coach leaves at 3 am...

Kävin Annan kanssa viime viikonloppuna Manchesterissa, mikä oli kiva kokemus. Tällä viikolla on/oli väliviikko, eli luentoja ei ole ollut. Sain postissa Fazerin sinistä kotoa, nam! Tänä viikonloppuna olen menossa Edinburghiin noin sadan muun (vaihto-)opiskelijan kanssa, itse asiassa lähtö onkin jo noin 9 tunnin päästä kolmelta aamuyöllä. Olen ollut siellä kerran aikaisemmin vuonna 2009, mutta on kiva päästä katsomaan, millaista siellä nykyään on! Eräs suomalainen tyttö, joka on myös täällä vaihdossa, kutsui minut ja muutaman muun suomalaisen Suomi-iltaan lauantaina, mutta en tietenkään tämän Edinburgh-reissun takia pääse. Hänen lupaamansa makaronilaatikko houkutteli kyllä, mutta onneksi aiomme tehdä jotain itsenäisyyspäivänä muutaman viikon päästä.