29.07.2007

Today I went up after 10 am :P
- so on I was really relaxed fort he whole day ;)

I already got during the few last days in contact with Nadia from Austria - she goes one (school) class level under my one … - we know each other from many school project, parties and trips organised by the school …
As I told her during the last school days about my trip, she swear me to visit me, if it’s possible ;)
She flight just for this weekend with her family to over here, because they got an invention for a big weeding …
It was a Pakistan weeding a she told me, that it was absolutely like in a typical Bollywood movie :)
Because the weeding goes sooo long there was just time to meet at the afternoon …
I actually decided to drive (with the bus) a bit earlier into the city to visit a bit more … - so on I took the bus number 100 and drove over the Trafford centre into the city.
Just at that moment, when I arrived at the Trafford centre (which is a big shopping centre - I have been over there few weeks ago - really nice and impressive - it’s half of the way to Manchester centre) she called me with her mobile phone and told me to meet at the Trafford Centre (she actually didn’t know, where this exactly is ;)
It was quite funny, because I just answered: OK - I’m over there :P
It took a couple of minutes, till they also arrived - it’s not really easy to find someone else in the Trafford centre - and not really helpful, if the other person never been to over there and so on don’t know, where the place you try to describe over the phone exactly is ;P
But I soon combined, where they actually could be at that moment it this really big shopping centre and so on I went over there and soon find them …
We first shopped around 2 and a half hours, which was really much fun - it was also much fun, to speak again real Austrian German ;)
After finishing shopping we went to the big bus station over there (around 16 gates - really big ;) and took the next bus into the centre of Manchester … (it was the first time I took a 2 levels bus here in England - because at my home road are few small bridges and so on they are not able to drive into my direction ;)
When we arrived here the most shops had closed already (because of Sunday after 5pm ;)
- but actually that wasn’t a big problem, because the city of Manchester isn’t that impressive - everything is build modern and new and it’s a city like much other once …
My colleges at work already told me, that there isn’t much going on in the centre of Manchester … - we just walked relaxed through the city and made a short stop at a panorama observation wheel, which took Nadia and me 4 rounds up to the sky, to see over the whole city …
After this we went to a just 2 corners away placed Hard Rock cafe (we found it during the observation wheel drive ;) and stopped over there to eat dinner …
Her mum invited me and it was really nice, to eat in such a cool place (with so good music in the background ;)
After this it was already pretty late (around 9pm) when we decided to move on …
Actually I quick bought a real Hard Rock head cap for my self ;)
If anybody needs something from a real Hard Rock store - just tell me soon per Mail, because I probably will also make a stop in the Hard Rock Cafe at London :P
-but please notice that usually have pretty high prices on everything ;P

As soon as we went out of the cafe we took a real English taxi (they are sooo cool =) to the Oxford railway station in Manchester.
Over there I quick decided with my PocketPC how I will probably find my way home (because Nadia and her family just had to take the train …)
I quick found out, that I just had to take the next train in about 20 minutes (there train goes at the same station, but just another 20 minutes later…) to Warrington (where I have been yesterday with my bike ;) and from over there I know, that there will go a bus into my direction …
Actually I didn’t know at that moment, if the bus will be still in service at night, but if not I just had to walk about 10 km ;P
Didn’t scare me, because I know the way already (from biking) and I had enough equipment (warm cloths, highbred led flash lamp and a lot of other survive tools ;) with me …
But when I arrived at Warrington my adventure luck was myself (like so often before;) faithful and I got the last bus, which went at that night into my direction …
(the next bus went on 6:30 am ;)
I actually had to drive quite long, because the bus drove to Altringham (which is the other and of this bus service) over the motorway and back over my town …
So one it took me nearly about another hour to return to my usual bus station …
But the time runs by pretty fast, because I started to talk with the bus driver lady …
I actually gave here at the end the internet address of this blog - I wonder, if she found here way to read this online ;P

It was really nice to walk this night my usual home way over the Warburton Bridge … - no traffic - just night with few clouds (but not much) and the full moon shining really bright above me :)
He was nearly as bright as my flash lamp - and that’s really really bright ;P
It was the perfect ending of a perfect day =)

So on I returned at about 11:30 at my camper, but it took me till 1 am till I really fall asleep …

Tomorrow I will tell you, how I did at the next morning, when I had to woke up like usually at 6:30 am ;)

Kind Regards
SEBI =)