Pictures from Greater Manchester, part 3
Tour and see the Manchester City Centre with me!
Here are the other attractions here in Manchester that I had a look at and visited while at Manchester in England. In my series here on my site on Greater Manchester, I explored the city centre in my last post, and here it is continued on this post. Enjoy the sights and attractions of the Manchester city centre!
I actually don't know what this is called, but this is one giant ferris wheel that every one will look at the moment they are here in Manchester city centre... as it is the biggest and most famous thing around. It might be worth a visit and you might want to have a ride on it to see the sights of Manchester from a high vantage point.
This is the Triangle, a shopping mall and shopping centre, which I visited often. It was one of my favourite haunts, and is quite popular as a place where Manchester teenagers hang out. There are only a few other competing shopping malls, and Arndale, the other major shopping centre, is right opposite the Triangle. This place might be worth a visit because it has a gigantic square where they are hundreds of people feeding birds, watching a gigantic screen with rugby on it, as well as many other sights and sounds of Manchester city centre life.
On the left you can see Urbis, and on the right, to the right of the sign, you can see the Printworks, which is the cinema and chill out place to visit.
Odeon is the cinema company here in Manchester, and in England too, I think. This is a better picture of the Printworks, and it is the place to visit for good food, ice cream, movies and other sorts of entertainment here in Manchester. Might be worth a visit - and did I mention, there's a Hard Rock Cafe too? :)
This is the part that reminds us that this is England after all, a typical English scene in Manchester, and I love it very much. There are many things to see and do here in Manchester and I loved visiting the city centre a lot.
(Note that all these are from a foreigner's point of view, as I am from Singapore, so I may have missed out some places that Mancunians love and appreciate. I try my best to cover everything on Manchester, which played an important part in my life, though :) )
More to come on other places in Greater Manchester here on my site, so do come and ...
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Pictures from Greater Manchester, part 3
Pictures from Greater Manchester, part 2
Pictures from Greater Manchester, part 2
Tour and see Manchester City Centre with me!
In my series on Manchester, I will be showing a lot of pictures of Manchester City Centre, the University of Manchester where I studied, the neighbourhood I lived in and the like, as well as more pictures of Urbis, Old Trafford, Salford and much much more from Manchester. Here are some pictures of the City Centre, near Piccadilly, and there will be more pictures of the City Centre in the next post, showcasing the big ferris wheel and other attractions and sights and sounds of Manchester.
I have a fascination with signs, and this signboard is artistic and serves as a reminder to me of the various places that I visited and went to here in Manchester city centre. Also, there is a philosophical ring to it, isn't there - when you think that you are at the crossroads? :)
The Triangle, Printworks, Urbis and Piccadilly are all important and must-see places here in Manchester! Do remember to visit them and have a look if you pay a visit to this place.
More scenes of the city centre, bustling with life. I find that Europe in general and Manchester in particular are not as clean as Singapore, but that is my own personal opinion, and also, we have very strict laws against litter and rubbish. Manchester is beautiful, but the occasional glass bottle and lots of tissue paper, dirt and grime on the streets, which are cleaned by machines every now and then spoil the urban scene a bit.
At the same time, there are these cute and very quaint stands to have a look at. They sell all sorts of things, primarily food, and one can buy sausages and hotdogs from such a stand! There are a lot of these to see here in Manchester!
This is the famous Arndale shopping mall that I have been talking about in my post and other earlier posts. If you want to do a lot of shopping or to spend lots of pounds, here is your chance, and you can do a lot of shopping here in Arndale. Shoppers must visit this place to have a look, or even go window shopping here in Manchester!
Here is another picture of Arndale, showing the escalator up to the fast food joints. A must visit for those who want to put on weight - KFC, Burger King, Macs, and much much more! Do visit Arndale shopping centre when you are there in Manchester - it's a nice place to have a walk around and there are lots to see and do. More to come on Manchester City Centre in the next post, so stay tuned! :)
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My last stop in my Europe Tour - London, UK
My last stop in my Europe Tour - London, UK
My Europe tour covered Paris in France, Zurich in Switzerland, Milan and Rome in Italy, Bratislava in Slovakia for a very short while, Vienna in Austria, Munich and Berlin and Potsdam in Germany, and then finally, London back in the UK. That was before I travelled back from London to Manchester, where I was based.
The airline that we took was Air Berlin, and we landed in Stansted airport. Stansted airport is for budget flights, and so we landed there during the last leg of our Europe tour, and then took a bus back to London from there. I had already been to London before that, so we didn't do much exploring apart from walking around and a bit here and there. Oh well, who said that travelling always had to be exciting and always activity filled? :) Haha :)
From London, we took a train back to Manchester, and that passed by Stockport, where we stopped for a while. Stockport looked typically English to me and was pretty quaint and nice. We finally landed back in Oxford street in Manchester after an exciting Europe trip! Pictures and captions of London and Stockport to come in the next post! :)
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Berlin in Germany - the Reichstag/ Bundestag
Berlin in Germany - the Reichstag/ Bundestag (German government building)
Here are the pictures of the Reichstag... the Reichstag has a long and interesting history, and most visitors to Germany already know of German history as well as the famous burning of the Reichstag. Come and tour the Reichstag with me, both outside and inside of the famous building. You should visit it when you are in Berlin, and a simple appointment made in advance will let you have privileged and educational access, complete with a guide.
This is the beautiful view of the domed roof (the famous glass and metal dome) from the roof. Many visitors visit the Reichstag just to see this, really!
This is the view of the rooftop of the Reichstag itself, where you can see all the tourists and the travellers/ visitors/ students/ and curious people like myself walking all around the roof and having a look around Berlin from a very nice and high vantage point.
The view from the roof - panoramic view isn't it?
This is the inside of the building, and you can see the eagle that is the emblem and symbol of Germany. Visit the Reichstag to see all these beautiful symbols and representations of Germany's history and culture. I remember that Austria's own eagle has two heads... one facing east and one facing west. If I am not wrong.
To prevent any abuse of power, after Hitler, the public is allowed to see the proceedings from above. The tour guide reminded us visitors of Germany's dark history, and
any time anyone in government or in a position of power wants to know who really and actually is in power in Germany, they have to look up, and they see the people peering down on them. The German public runs the place.
Powerful and inspiring lines, and I loved the concept a lot. :) Even though I am just a visitor.
OK, that's it for my Germany posts and my Germany section during my Europe trip. Cheers!
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More beautiful pictures from Berlin and Potsdam in Germany
More beautiful pictures from Berlin and Potsdam in Germany
Here are more pictures from Berlin and Potsdam in Germany. I loved my time visiting those places and I am sure you will enjoying touring them with me here on my travel site. I am trying out a new format for my pictures and captions even though I am a computer dinosaur... well, I love to travel and can take good photographs, and can write reasonably well, but when it comes to operating a computer or a photo editor to put up my travel pictures ... well... haha :)
This is the remnant of Hitler's bunker, because it was sealed up by the government or the Soviets when the Second World War ended here in Germany. It was very interesting for me to visit this place because I am a history buff and have a great interest in history, and when I finally got to see the famous bunker and visit it, it was nothing more than a grass patch. Nonetheless, it was great despite being completely different in my mind's eye.
I also happened to chance upon a Singapore flag in the course of my travels here in Berlin. I mean, there are Singaporean embassies and flags all around the world and also all around Europe, but what I mean here is that I feel a certain national sense of pride seeing my national flag flying proudly in an embassy in another country.
This is an interesting wall mural from the DDR - from DDR times here in East Berlin in Germany. There was a lot of propaganda, and this one is a good example. One can see why - happy socialists, happy children, positive scenes of the proletariat, etc... very positive propaganda here in East Germany during the Cold War.
This is the Berlin Wall, or at least, part of the Berlin Wall. I visited the remnants of the Berlin Wall while here at Berlin, as it is an integral part of German history and Germany itself.
This very "interesting" place interested me quite a bit - apart from the fact that it faced a youth hostel, this interesting place was also photographed by my ex-girlfriend, who lived in the particular youth hostel facing this place when she studied in Germany many years ago. Hahaha! What a coincidence. I came across the same sex shop that my ex-girlfriend saw several years ago in big, big, big Berlin!
I also visited the Bundestag/ Reichstag, and there will be an article and lots of beautiful pictures and photos on the Reichstag in the next post. The reason why you see a lot of Germany on my travel site is simply because I love Germany, having learnt German and having appreciated Germany's culture and history for years. I hope you share my travelling interest! The German parliament building and the actual seat of government of Germany (in Berlin) to come in the next post!
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