Day 140 - I'm still keeping count! XD

Right... Winter break is over and it's time to force myself out of bed and get to class again.

Firstly, a summary of my adventures in UK. My initial plan was Manchester, then Sheffield, and finally London. Change of plans because the flight was delayed and the train to Sheffield from Manchester only ran once an hour. Plus, it was friggin' expensive. So I skipped Manchester and headed straight to Sheffield.

My first day was spent listening to music and watching anime at Khai's dorm, since it was getting late and Sheffield was COLD, even in the day. And I thought Dublin at night was bad. Daytime in Sheffield had almost the same temperature as a Dublin winter night.

Well, there wasn't much to see in Sheffield. Just some art museums, the Wheel of Sheffield and nice hilltop and countryside views. What's nice was the thick snow on the ground and the heavy snow that fell one night. Ah ah, it would be so awesome to just sit on one of them hills with a romantic partner watching the night scenery of Sheffield city, so long as you don't freeze to death first.

I guess the best thing about going to Sheffield was getting anime from Khai XD ...CRAP! I forgot to get Summer Wars!

Now, London was pretty good but pretty disappointing at times. One word. RENOVATION! Almost everywhere I went, there were construction workers fixing pipes and rebuilding stuff. The House of Parliaments, Westminster Abbey and Tower of London had construction work going on here and there. Well, at least I still got to visit both places.

Buckingham Palace was closed off during the winter, but at least the Changing of the Guards still happened every alternate day and I could watch. Hyde Park was empty so I actually wasted my time visiting there. If I had gone to Kensington Gardens (which is just across the Serpentine Lake) that night, I might have spotted someone drowning. It came out in the news.

Oh, I also regret not bringing more money along. Things were cheaper in London, some from a few cents to a few euros cheaper than Dublin after conversion. My next trip will probably involve more visits to Oxford Street.

On my final day, Ethie took me to see the arcade and an anime shop. YAY! Stuff we don't have in Dublin. I finally got to play Para Para after so many months!

Lastly, I sat at the airport for 12 friggin hours waiting for the flight because my Oyster ran out of credit and I couldn't go anywhere else. Not that there was anywhere else besides Oxford Street. But I was near broke anyway. I ended up finishing "Kannagi" and "Earl and Fairy" before even reaching home.

Today, I attended my first two classes, but pretty much just brooded through them.

UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!

And my mid-terms fall on the 2nd day of Kitacon, so there goes my chance of attending at all. BOOOO!!!!!!!