Finally I am back in Manchester from London. At this point I am ready for some rest. Even though I have been getting to my hotel at 7 pm, the long days and walking everywhere is tiring me out. I enjoyed London a lot. And that is why I was thinking 2 days will not be enough for me. I need about five days there to enjoy it all. Although there were a number of times that all I was thinking was how they colonized and looted India (and other countries) and that is how they became who they are, but....that is their history. One has to accept and move on.
Back in Manchester I did not do much on during the day on Friday. Just laid around the apartment until Shruti finished her work. We then went walking to Media City via a mall. In the mall was the best Cadbury chocolate store. I bought so much chocolate from there. Media City is a just a place to hang out in the evenings or when there are events. There was nothing going on today.
We then walked to Marks and Spencer to get some cookies. It was about a mile one way - nice walk though. Finally we finished our evening with great dosa and idli in an Indian restaurant. So good!
That is it. Came home, packed everything. Next day there is nothing else to do but ride the tram to the airport.
Manchester airport was a lot of walking - first to get from the tram to the shopping area. Then one hour before they posted the gate of departure, which was another 20 min walk, and so many times I had to go up and down the stairs with my carry on. I was exhausted. Boarding was fine. Journey back was okay except for the drunk next to me. He drank all the way to Atlanta - ugh! Horrible. Then in Atlanta my flight was delayed another two hours. Weather issues. Got home around midnight.
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