Weekend Trips

About a month ago, Capernwray organized a day trip to Liverpool and shockingly the majority of the students decided to go ;-) The coach ride may have been miserable, but it was worth it just to have a break from school and get into a big city. I got to spend an hour and a half in the Tate Liverpool, a very contemporary modern art museum, but it was just fantastic to be in a museum and see some art that I studied a few years ago! After meeting up with some girlfriends, we left Alfred's Dock and wandered up to a new shopping area called the Liverpool 1 and then headed to PriMark....this crazy store that is huge, and super cheap! It was way too overwhelming but we were able to nab some good deals....including matching roomie pajamas for Christmas! After meeting up with some more friends, we all headed to Pizza Express for dinner then caught a taxi to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall and spent the evening watching the Liverpool opera/philharmonic. It was so different than any opera i would have expected, but the music was amazing, and it was just nice to be spending so much time engrossed in art and culture. I'm looking forward to returning to Liverpool and doing some more sightseeing type adventures. I would love to see some sights of Beatles fame and some of the older architecture, we'll see what happens before winter school is thru.
A couple of weeks ago, a much smaller group went to The Trafford Center shopping center in Manchester. Oh my goodness, it was so much fun to be at a shopping mall, after I got over the first reaction at the size of it, I began to feel right at home! Our first stop was a massive department store called Selfridges and their food court for wait for it, Krispy Kreme donuts!!! Katie and I got to hang out and shop all day, we had an amazing lunch at a place called Barburrito....an attempt at being like Chipotle and Rubio's, but just not quite the same. We were just so excited to be eating Mexican food that was actually tasty! So, we had such a blast shopping and searching for Christmas Banquet dresses and shoes that the day simply flew by without us even realizing it. After picking up a few more Christmas presents, we headed back to the car pack and loaded up the coach again and started off on our journey home. Katie and I were able to occupy ourselves both there and back listening to her ipod and singing along...our return trip was accompanied by the soundtrack of Grease!!!