Tour De Manc

Today was THE day. We got up and took the bus from Fallowfield through Rusholme to the Arndale in Manchester City. Note, this is still on the same week bus pass that I bought for 3 quid on Thursday. I would be getting a ton of use out of that thing. We got off near Picadilly Square, a transit hub, with trains, trams, and buses all over. We walked a short distance and went inside the Arndale.

It was pretty similar to any given American mall, minus the extremely clean interior. When I say extremely clean, I mean it looked almost hospital like. Directories that actually work! There was a ton of people shopping. First stop, electronics stores! I could find only lcd and plasma TVs on the shelf. Most prices were relatively similar or slightly more expensive in the range of 1.2-1.5x. DS games were priced at 29 pound, on sale at 19. This makes them nearly $55 at regular price. Yeesh.

After exploring most of the Arndale, we headed out to the Friendship Inn. Had a nice sunday roast dinner with a pint of Harp. Roast beef, roast potato, roast carrots, and that little bowl thing on the top. Which is apparently, a Yorkshire pudding. It is in fact also known as delicious. The Bolton v Blackburn match was on while we were eating. It was pretty exciting. Walked home very full and had a nap.

Woke up and watched 50 First Dates on BBC, which was really just waiting for Top Gear. I see that show from time to time when I download it, but its a big deal over here. Non-car buffs even watch it. Right between the movie and Top Gear we rushed out for a quick kebab at Raj on Wilmslow Road. The show was the season ender and quite entertaining.

I stayed up late talking to Michelle's flatmate Tom, about cars and we compared our driving systems. Found out what was up with the music at Queen of Hearts, its apparently a genre called "Scouse House". Pop mashed up with house played at about 1.2x.