Day 20 - B'ham, Manchester & Blackpool
Today my family and I went to Birmingham, Manchester, and Blackpool. I've been to B'ham several times, and it'll always be one of my favorite places. Listening to Birmingham radio stations was one of the things that made me interested in going to England (my office mate from OU was from the B'ham area).After that, we went to Manchester. It was a beautiful city. A good mix of old and modern. It was very clean and nice. The traffic wasn't nearly as bad as London or even Reading. In some ways it was more like a U.S. city. We spent a lot of time at the Trafford Centre, a large mall just off the M60, which circles the city. I don't usually like going to malls, but this was an exception. The food court was amazing. I've never seen anything like it in a U.S. mall. The closest I've seen was in the Venetian and Paris hotels in Las Vegas -- two reasons why Las Vegas is such a spectacular and unique city. This place certainly makes Manchester stand out.
Later we went to Pleasure Beach in Blackpool, home of the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Europe. It's in a great location along the beach in northwest England. It was kinda like the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk but with more/better rides.
The batteries to my small camera are dead because I haven't been able to plug in the charger yet. But here are a couple pics from the car using my big camera:
2 Comments:
Matt,
If your camera's charger has an adapter that says 110-240V, then all you need to use it is a plug adapter, which you can get for about 5 pounds at an Ironmonger (love that name), basically a small hardware store. That's what I did with my laptop, and it worked fine and I was glad of the price. Power adapters are a little more expensive, and you may need a good electronics store to get it. Read your other posts, I hope you get well soon.
Hi Norman,
I actually do have a plug adapter, but it has a plastic rim around it which makes my charger not fit. However, my family bought an adapter in CA that is flat and they let me have theirs, so I can plug it in now.
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