Manchester, a summary

Now I am back in Borås and my apartment once again. The last days in England me and John spent in Manchester, which is the third biggest city in the UK beside London and Birmingham. On Wednesday we went to Old Trafford to watch a football game in the Champions League between Man United and a team from Turkey called Bursaspor in front of 74 000 people. For me, it was a really interesting experience according to my great passion for football. Since I was a little kid I have been dreaming to go to England and watch one of the best clubs in Europe. Now when it's done, I'm not disappointed at all.

The game, though, was not the best I have seen and unfortunately we never got the chance to see the real big stars in Man U, like Wayne Rooney, van der Saar or Paul Scholes for example. Because of the unknown Turkish team the best players rested until future games.

Before the game we visited a pub close to Old Trafford. It's interesting to see how many people there are who gathers at the pub before a football-game having a beer and a chat with their friends. It's a big difference compared to Sweden, but not that unexpected according to the big pub culture they seem to have in England.

Old Trafford in sight.

A message to Man U's American owner, Malcolm Glazer.


View over Old Trafford before the game.


The players are on the pitch!

On Thursday after a long and well-needed sleep, it had not been that much sleep at the hostel, we decided to explore Manchester. Compared to London there were not that much tourists and it was definitely closer to everything. Though Manchester is a 2-3 million people city you never felt stressed or affected of crowds of people. Me and John wandered around, had a coffee and visited the mall etc. I can really recommend Manchester! In the evening we went to a nightclub called Factory 251 close to the hotel.

Outside our hotel.

Princess Street.

Manchester City Counsil.

The flight home on Saturday went well even though it was a little bit delayed. All in all it has been a great journey, but as you know, “Home, sweet home”.

See you!