Coming home from work today I decided not to go all the way back on the Metro, so I walked.
And you'd think walking from one part of Newcastle to another I would pass concrete block after concrete block.
Well, thankfully, Newcastle isn't like that!
It seems to have lots of public parks, large open spaces of green loveliness.
So it was really great walking back through Jesmond Dene and Heaton Park.
Fresh air, trees, space and the outside.
Lovely, and unusual for a big city which is known for it industrial heritage.
Monday, 20 July 2009
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Shopping centres, weather, and other things that British people like to talk about.
Well, I haven't written on this blog for some time.
So Newcastle life is going well, it is not as hot as some parts of the country, in fact yesterday it rained ALL DAY! Not just spitting rain, massive buckets of water from the sky. Today is better weather wise, a lot brighter.
Josh came up to Newcastle last week. We went to the the city centre, and into a rather large shopping centre - eldon place or something - and it did the thing that all shopping centres do: make you feel like you're in any city in a any county, SOMEWHERE in the UK.
It is very strange how this happens, and it might be something to do with the shops all being the same in the whole country, but it really did feel like I could be in Reading, or London, or Scotland.
So we attempted to make our way out, and then spent about 20 minutes wandering round this vast bright shopping centre unable to find the exit! At one point we could see the street from above but couldn't get out, it was weird!
So Newcastle life is going well, it is not as hot as some parts of the country, in fact yesterday it rained ALL DAY! Not just spitting rain, massive buckets of water from the sky. Today is better weather wise, a lot brighter.
Josh came up to Newcastle last week. We went to the the city centre, and into a rather large shopping centre - eldon place or something - and it did the thing that all shopping centres do: make you feel like you're in any city in a any county, SOMEWHERE in the UK.
It is very strange how this happens, and it might be something to do with the shops all being the same in the whole country, but it really did feel like I could be in Reading, or London, or Scotland.
So we attempted to make our way out, and then spent about 20 minutes wandering round this vast bright shopping centre unable to find the exit! At one point we could see the street from above but couldn't get out, it was weird!
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