{"id":8138,"date":"2025-04-28T17:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=8138"},"modified":"2025-04-28T17:11:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:11:45","slug":"entry-4-football-and-fashion-a-week-in-the-heart-of-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/?p=8138","title":{"rendered":"Entry 4 – Football and Fashion: A Week in the Heart of Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had another fantastic week in Manchester, and I finally tried the tramways in the city, so my feet don\u2019t have to hurt from walking anymore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last Tuesday, I went to the Etihad Stadium; home of the Manchester City team. It was gigantic and blue, contrasting well with the red from Old Trafford! The day was sunny and perfect for enjoying a sandwich in front of the stadium. It was also a lot less crowded than Old Trafford, and it was interesting to see the difference between the rival teams and experiencing the favouritism as I went to the two stadiums that day. I also bought surprises for my brothers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Etihad Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Me in front of the Etihad Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The New Trinity statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My brothers’ new jerseys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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On Thursday, I went shopping on Market Street, which is full of shops and restaurants! There were so many people that it was hard to see the names of the shops. I went into Primark, which is a mammoth store full of clothes, and bought jeans at a good deal! During my shopping spree, I also fell upon a Tim Hortons, which made me laugh as I didn\u2019t expect to see a part of my country in Manchester. I might have to go for a doughnut soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Market Street being crowded<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A part of Canada: Tim Hortons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Market Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On Saturday, I went to Affleck\u2019s Palace; a famous attraction in Manchester. It\u2019s a massive building filled with indie, grungy and alternative shops. The indoor market was extremely maze-like and had a punk vibe to it. It was like being sent straight to England\u2019s punk movement in the 70\u2019s. There were dark clothes, safety pins, posters, punk rock music and tattoo shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The entrance of Afflecks Palace<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some shops in Afflecks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Posters and cool art on the walls of the stairs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next week, there\u2019s another volunteer arriving! I plan to visit the neo-gothic John Rylands Library, and I might go to Edinburgh in Scotland for the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cheerio!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had another fantastic week in Manchester, and I finally tried the tramways in the city, so my feet don\u2019t have to hurt from walking anymore! Last Tuesday, I went to the Etihad Stadium; home of the Manchester City team. It was gigantic and blue, contrasting well with the red from Old Trafford! The day was sunny and perfect for enjoying a sandwich in front of the stadium. It was also a lot less crowded than Old Trafford, and it was interesting to see the difference between the rival teams and experiencing the favouritism as I went to the two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":8150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"book_review_cover_url":"","book_review_title":"","book_review_series":"","book_review_author":"","book_review_genre":"","book_review_isbn":"","book_review_publisher":"","book_review_release_date":"","book_review_format":"","book_review_pages":"","book_review_source":"","book_review_rating":"","book_review_summary":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8152,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8138\/revisions\/8152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bloguelangues.cecm.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}