So the hotel I was in a few nights ago was not very nice. I mean it was decent, but I would definitely not stay there again. It was a small room with extremely thin walls. I guess it doesn't help that I just couldn't get to sleep that night, I was awake until 4 am! Ridiculous right.
Once the night was done thought I had a good day. I checked out of that hotel, it was Sacha's Hotel by the way, and headed back to the previous one, the Palace Hotel, that I had stayed in the first two nights that I was there. I couldn't check in for a while so I headed around the corner to a cute little coffee shop, ordered myself a tea and a muffin and sat there for about an hour. I sat there for a while enjoying my time but did eventually get bored. So I left and went to find some post cards with no luck.. =(
When it was finally time for me to head to my hotel room I was slightly tired, I still have not gotten used to this time change, and it took me almost 10 minutes to even find the place. My room was on the fourth flow so I had to venture to one elevator, go up to the third floor then head to another elevator, go up to the fourth floor and then walk through like 4 corridors until I found my room. I think I got lost every time I had to go back to my room and every time I had to leave.
But oh my gosh was it worth it. I had been upgraded to an executive suite because he wonderful Stephen has some amazing perks from his job. It was a large room on the top floor overlooking a part of the city. It had 2 chairs, a couch, a giant bathroom and the room was just huge in general. I have to say it was the best sleep I'd had since I've been here.
Before I had to go to bed Stephen and I went out for dinner one more time before I left. We went to Stephens favourite Cuban restaurant, Revolution de Cuba, and my oh my was it ever good. It was 2 for the price of 1 cocktails, so safe to say we each had to drinks. The meal we had was a appetizer platter type thing. You got to pick 5 little dishes for £20. We ended up having chicken Quesdillas, two different types of shrimp, a pulled pork dish, and a sweet potatoe dish as well.
Leaving Manchester this morning was sad. We went and had tea one last time before Stephen dropped me off at the train station and I took my train back to London. =(
My train ride was about 2 hours long spanning throuout the English countryside. I think it is beautiful, but others might disagree. I really jealous that they have an efficient train system, I really wish Canada did because I would take it everywhere. It's such a great experience to do I think.
Once I got to London it was a little bit more hectic than my relaxing train ride. When my train arrived I really had to pee, sorry for those who maybe don't care to know that information but too bad. For those of you who don't know you have to pay to use the washroom in certain places. It costs 30 pence which is basically like 30 cents in Canada I think. It's such a strange concept for me. I've never had to pay t use the washroom before, I was quite surprised by that. I mean I had definitely heard of that before but had never experienced it first hand.
Anyway, once out of the washroom I made my trip downstairs to the underground train system, or the tube. I think I almost got on the wrong train like 4 times. =P. but I did manage to make it to my hostel all safe and sound which is where I am now.
I hope you all enjoy the rest of your day. I will be sure to post again soon.thank you for reading!
Fernweh: a crave for travel; being homesick for a place you've never been
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