Destination: United Kingdom

the park

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [501]

After the museum, I took the tram to a huge city park, which had a small zoo with various animals. I like  parks and I like animals.

Tags: animal, llama

Franklin Mint

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [462]

Additionally, they have tea sets, which we're sold to commemorate different occasions-the Franklin Mint was nothing new.

Manchester the end #2

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [537]

Anyway, apart from changing hotels-yesterday was a most interesting day. I went to the museum of the People, which gives various displays of the various stages of revolution/political party in Great Britain.  One touching interactive display shows ... Read more >

hotel part 3

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [540]

Anyway, for this last night-I checked into a new hotel (believe it or not, the only reason I didn't stay at the previous hotel an extra night is because they had no vacancies). This new hotel looked like the real thing.  Uniformed people at the ... Read more >

hotel part 2

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [486]

The above picture-which you may have to crane your head to see, was a door in the hotel, which "staff room" written on in magic marker. Below is a picture of the courtyard in the hotel.

hotel part 2

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [428]

The above picture-which you may have to crane your head to see, was a door in the hotel, which "staff room" written on in magic marker. Below is a picture of the courtyard in the hotel.

Manchester-the end

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [504]

Today is my last day in Manchester. First of all, I should start off by  saying I stayed at a different hotel last night then the first 3 nights here. The first 3 nights-I stayed at a hotel which was a little bit different.  The entrance/lobby/reception ... Read more >

MOSI

Tue, 12 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [680]

Yesterday I went to the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.  I was there for 4 hours or so. I learned that many things we're invented in Manchester, such as the steam press for making clothes, as well as the first all-steam railroad. ... Read more >

Tags: museum, piss

Orange Jacket

Mon, 11 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [947] | Comments [1]

Another pic at the game-by the way, the most intriguing person to me in  the stadium wasn't Sergio Aguero, or some other player on the team, but more the guy in the orange jacket sitting at the front of each row. Now matter what happened on the ... Read more >

Tags: football

Manchester the Game

Mon, 11 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [704] | Comments [1]

Yesterday I went to a football game. It was exciting. I have never been into sports. I have seen a few baseball games, minor league hockey game at home, and one football game. The baseball games we're tolerable for a few innings and then got boring. ... Read more >

Tags: football, sports

Photos: The beautiful lakes

Mon, 11 May 2015 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery

Manchester UK

Sun, 10 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [827] | Comments [2]

Well yesterday was my first day in Manchester, UK. I have never been here, but I have been to London a few times. So you may be asking, why am I here? Well I read about Manchester a few years ago, when I worked for Gruntal and Company, a brokerage ... Read more >

Tags: arriving, manchester, uk

Photos: The House of York

Sun, 10 May 2015 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery

Trafalgar by Bus

Sat, 9 May 2015 | By copperowl | Views [386]

With the overseas contingent of my family returning to Australia later in the year, I won't have that motivation to brave the long flight again. This may be my last trip to Europe and to my beloved England. So the last week of this trip has been - in ... Read more >

When it rains it pours

Sat, 9 May 2015 | By thegirlinthedocs | Views [290] | Scholarship Entry

It was our first full day in Tuscany and instead of getting a bus to Firenze my sister and I decided to go on a walk around the outskirts of San Giminagno. In all fairness I didn't really mind what we did as I had dragged my sister to the fortified city ... Read more >

Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship