Yardleys Restaurant & Hotel
Travel Blogs from Nottingham
Day 10
... geek then one of the pretty damn computer literate. I've also been fortunate enough to live in one of the most internet savvy countries in the world for almost 15 years. If you fall behind with new technology, you fall behind in every aspect of life, so I'm glad people can come to the library and get the help they need. Saying that, the library's nowhere near as well-equipped as the university's shiny new Information Commons.
Do ...
Day 9
... to look like a yuppie tosser). So I take a mental picture instead. And I'm delighted to finally hear people calling each other "duck".
In yet another cafe, the discussion turns to central heating, that ever-topical subject in the British Isles. How expensive it is and why you're better off putting in double glazing instead (said 'double glazing' apparently being plastic sheeting). Most Swedes wouldn't even ...
Days 7 and 8
... but closed, the department itself having been relocated elsewhere. This will prove to be a recurring theme as we explore our old stomping grounds.
The next day (Sunday), we take the bus out to Sharrow Vale Road, where I lived in my second year. I remember it as quite a bohemian area, and it doesn't disappoint. Still seems pretty down to earth but with even more quirky shops and eateries. And my old terraced house looks ...
Day 6
... me a pitying glance and showed me directly to my room. This morning, I made my way to the city centre and I have to admit, it was all a blank. I haven't actually recognised anything here yet apart from the Arts Tower, which even I can't forget (guess the trauma of the paternoster lift runs deep). Even the station has changed completely. I'm now wondering how much of Sheffield I actually saw when I was here for three years. Not much apart from the inside of a wide ...
Katie and Dave's Wedding
... what makes you beautiful came one and katie said it was for me and we danced to it! I had such a long talk with Katie's mum and we were both crying, she was just saying how much me being here meant to katie and that when she was getting ready she couldn't stop saying stuff about me. I'm hoping to extend my trip at the end so that I can go up and visit them ...