Manchester is an Eye-Opener

Arrived in Manchester and was greeted by Sam at the train station. Was great to see the guy, I’d grown quite close to him after sharing a house with him for some time in Glenelg, South Australia.
We drove from the station back to his house in Astley, 15-minute drive from the city centre.
Our first excursion was a trip to the supermarket to pick up some supplies; this included plenty of cans of tins of tuna, loads of canned baked beans, packet lasagnes’ and a crate of beer. I was set for my stay in Astely.
Driving through the towns surrounding Astley, I couldn’t help but notice how incredibly different it was from where I’d visited previously. It wouldn’t be until Sam took me on a night out in the towns. They were much different to Hollingbourne and Maidstone. The towns like Leigh, Tyldesley and Worsely seemed very much different class of people.
I may have seen two girls, for the entire night that I would consider attractive. The rest were absolutely awful. I was hoping the highlight of my night would be the Kebab at the end of it, but it turns out that even Leigh’s #1 kebab shop was terrible.
I asked Sam why he had taken me out on a night to these places, he just said the we were working our way up, and that there was no way that after going to the bars in Leigh, that I could possibly be disappointed going out for a night in Manchester. We were simply working our way up.
The next day, we awoke, watched football pretty much the entire day, which was great… even though Arsenal went down 2-0 to Liverpool. It’s awesome getting really into the sport, it’s truly a beautiful game.
In the afternoon we went to a pub called ‘The Cock’ which, of course I though was absolutely hilarious, we had a few beers, watched another football match and were talked into going into Manchester for a night out.
Before we knew it we were in Manchester. We visited in the Northern Quarter, a very trendy, upbeat place. We were drinking great beers, surrounded by great people, which was a massive contrast to the previous night spent in the dives in Tyldseley and Leigh.
Tomorrow, we have planned a trip to Old Trafford to do a tour of Manchester United’s home ground, that should be amazing and word has it that Monday’s match between Manchester United and Tottenham hasn’t sold out, so there is a chance I will be able to buy myself some tickets. That would be amazing !