1. There is a pub on every corner. Well I don’t know about every corner as I have only seen the corners in my immediate vicinity, but so far every corner I can see has 4 pubs. This is the view from my apartment window. (in case you can't see the sign it is 'the pub')
2. The weather sucks. I have been here one day and so I must not jump to any conclusions, maybe I caught Manchester on a bad day, but so far I have not seen the sun. Some locals that were on the plane sitting beside us were sarcastically saying (at least I think this is what they said, with those accents who the hell knows. See #3) “welcome to Manchester, hope you brought your raincoats” and “Mommy, can we stay in Canada for the nice weather?”…...What?!?! I have never heard anyone say that before. Not a good sign but I will remain optimistic. At least it should be dry inside the pubs……well…
3. British accents are lovely. If you can understand what the hell they are saying it is only because they know they know they are talking to a foreigner and are purposefully slowing it down and enunciating for us. Otherwise, who knows?
4. The British systems are efficient and easy to access. Don't even get me started. Banks, Cell phones, Internet connection, gym memberships, Intersections......ah! More on this later.
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