After my Brisbane flight I had a few days to recover from jet lag before a flight to Khartoum, Sudan on Monday. I spent my time lying by the pool and just being generally lazy. I checked my roster the day before my flight and was excited to find that my quick turnaround flight to Khartoum had been changed to a 24 hour layover in Manchester! I stuffed my suitcase full of warm clothes and, excited to visit Europe for the very first time! I've been battling a nasty cold so I wasn't feeling very motivated to do much, but I couldn't bear to stay in my hotel room for the entire day. I caught a train into the city and wandered around taking pictures, window shopping, and shivering in the wintery air. Night was falling, so it was back to the hotel room where I spent the evening taking advantage of free wireless to talk to my boyfriend that I miss so dearly.... and headed to bed early in an attempt to regain my health. No such luck... I had a miserable flight back to Dubai, sniffling and sneezing and struggling to speak, but the crew and passengers were great, so that made it a bit better. 24 hours of rest in Dubai, and then it's off to catch my next flight at 4 am!
PS... About the photo...I had to Google this building, as I didn't actually go inside. It's a shopping center built in the late 1800's, formerly used as a corn exhange. In 1996 it was damaged by the IRA Bombing, so it has been renovated and is now quite modern. On the screen in front I stood and watched the Vancouver Olympics for awhile, happy to see a bit of home so far away. :)
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