One day at a time

On Wednesday I made my way to Nottingham by train to see family up there.

Had a couple of nights in London before travelling north to Nottingham. Caught up some friends and got a couple of better night sleep.

Went to see some of royal palaces in Copenhagen.  Wandered around outside the buildings, but like the ones in the UK I assume that the one flying the standard was the one being currently used by the Danish royal family. I just missed the changing on the guard but saw them leaving.

Checked out and had a successful final few hours in Manchester - picked up a jakka and got my hair cut. Now on the train heading to London and then will head over to Gatwick, where I will spend the evening before flying to Copenhagen tomorrow.

I managed to stay awake the whole day today, although I did wake up at 3am. Walked around the Gay Village area and then up to Manchester cathedral. I also went around the men's departments of Selfridges and Harvey Nichols, which were both disappointing. The designers featured all presented the same things, which were all based on sports wear, no really imagination or creativity. Also both stores had far more staff then customers. I was more impressed by the variety and creativity at Next than most of the designer labels. Did some shopping and ate at Nandos, which was a struggle as I had to order online and their website is poorly designed. I was struck walking around the city that parts felt very similar to Nottingham and particular the shared textiles history, but other parts felt more like London.

After what felt like forever, I arrived safely in Manchester. The queue for passport control was enormous at Manchester but it moved reasonably quickly and didn't got through the auto gates so was greeted by a cheerful human being. Didn't have to wait to long for my luggage to appear and I decided to eat at the airport, which in the end was a blessing as once I checked in at my motel, I slept until after 10pm. Going around central Manchester today.