My writing has been suspended over past few days, because my mum was visiting.
(English people reacted like English people: when I'd told them that I needed two days off, they asked 'is it good thing or bad thing?')

Anyway, we've spent wonderful four days wandering around the city, visiting the canal, shopping, drinking hot wine on Christmas markets, and so on.

My mum also wanted to go for a trip by tram (anywhere... she did not care much), and so we went to MediaCityUK. This is part of Salford where the Manchester docks used to be, and all the cotton and merchandise used to go through there. Well, long time ago! Now it's a place of fancy flats, posh quays, and huge BBC studios. And the University of Salford!

There is also Imperial War Museum, which currently hosts exhibition about Blitz. The exhibition is based on Horrible Histories books, and is actually very good! Definitely worth seeing, and not just because it is for free. :-)

I liked that place. It looks very unique, a bit like something in Holland (because of the canals). Fancy. I would like to live there, but I am not rich enough.

I was not impressed by the trams, though. The whole system is called Metrolink (what a fancy name!), and it's probably supposed to operate like a rapid transit system, but - you wish! In reality, it is rapid between Deansgate-Castlefield and maybe the next stop. The rest of the time, it just turns in ridiculous curves, goes on single track, or does other stupid things. Plus, MediaCityUK is a 'final stop' (in a sense that if a tram comes, it only can leave in the direction from which it arrived), so the tram driver has to take his stuff and go to the other side of the tram to continue the journey to Eccles.

I have just now found the interesting and funny information that the Metrolink trams are operated by a subsidiary of RATP. I think this explains a lot.

Apart from this, we have also visited lot of pubs and restaurants. We are still searching for The Perfect Beer (search continues), but I think that we are pretty close to The Perfect Burger. It may be had in Byron Burgers, on Piccadilly Gardens, or on John Dalton Street. Yummy!

On the other hand, I think that we are also pretty close to the worst restaurant in Manchester. Avoid Slug and Lettuce at all costs! My husband had fish and chips there, and he was nearly poisoned by that stuff! The fish was not fresh, that's that. Plus, the staff is weird, and the beer is not worth. Never again, ever.