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Day 10
... sure I'll find a way to slip it into polite conversation.
What I've mainly got out of this trip has been more of a cultural experience. I think I've spent too long in Sweden to truly be culturally English (if such a thing exists, which I very much doubt considering what a motley lot we are) ever again. This I suppose is inevitable, as I've never done the ex-pat thing and all of my friends and acquaintances are Swedish. I've also ...
Day 9
... around Meadowhall - again. After my fairly unsuccessful outing on Friday, I decide to give it another try. I hate shopping at the best of times, and late-night shopping until 11 pm a couple of weeks before Christmas is not my idea of fun. The only bright spot of the entire evening is a brass band (maybe a former colliery band?) playing Christmas carols. Don't even like Christmas but they still manage to bring a lump to my throat.
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Days 7 and 8
... as ever. We then walk up Brocco Bank to what used to be a warren of student halls and flats, searching around in vain for Earnshaw Hall, where I lived in my first year. After consulting Google Maps, I see a pile of rubble where it used to be. Earnshaw, along with other nearby halls, was apparently pulled down in 2006 to make way for the new Endcliffe student village. All very modern and fabulous, I'm sure, but I can't help feeling sad.
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Day 6
... was spent late-night shopping at Meadowhall - well, mostly in Primark if I'm honest. The place was packed, presumably because it's the run-up to Christmas and everything is open until 10 pm. Managed to find an Only Fools and Horses T-shirt in the men's department, which is a welcome addition to my wardrobe and almost guaranteed to be unique in Sweden. As for the weekend, I'll be catching up with an old friend from uni, so it's going to be nostalgia overload, I ...
Katie and Dave's Wedding
The best day and night of my life. From waking up and having a fry up with the summit crew to getting ready together and the going to the church. As soon as I approached the church I saw Dave outside and started crying I was so happy to be there. Katie said that I was the first person she saw she entered the church and she couldn't stop smiling. At the end of ...
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