Hello everybody! I’m so sorry I’ve been slowing down in terms of updating the blog … truthfully, not much has been happening lately, and I haven’t gone on any trips last weekend or this weekend; HOWEVER, I have exciting news … the long awaited Manchester Christmas Markets have begun!

The Manchester Christmas Markets are exactly what the title sounds like … there are stalls in certain locations around the city center – St. Anne’s Square, Market Street, Exchange Square, the Cathedral Gardens, New Cathedral Street, King Street, and Albert Square – selling European specialty festive foods to nom on and goods to buy as gifts! I’ve been looking forward to the Christmas markets for a while now, and so, of course, I was impatient enough that I absolutely had to go the very first day! So yesterday, after my lecture ended at 1 in the afternoon, I rushed back to…