Hannah goes... Manchester

So I went to Manchester yesterday with the Students Union (and about 150 other students). This was my first trip to a different city since I came to Newcastle in September, which is pretty sad considering that half my time here is already over. But I guess you have to start somewhere.

The Manchester Museum

I had a lot of fun walking across the city with a couple of fellow students. Or rather repeatedly stopping to take pictures and then running to catch up :P

I think Manchester is a very pretty city and I could even imagine living there for some time. Here are some impressions:

Manchester Metropolitan University

Town Hall Tower

Captain Hannah

University of Manchester

John Rylands Library

MOSI Museum of Science & Industry

Beetham Tower

Chinese Buffet for lunch :)

Manchester Town Hall

National Identity

I've noticed recently that I haven’t seen anything with an English flag on it yet. Only the Union Jack. This surprises me a little because I got into the topic of national identity in one of my modules in semester 1 and discussed a study which was deducted across the UK and which identified that people from England tend to see themselves as English first and British second, whereas in Scotland or Wales for example, people would tend to say that they feel British as a first or main identity and Scottish or Welsh as a second one.

 







I don’t know if this is maybe a tourism thing to sell all kinds of goods with the Union Jack on it or if it’s because Newcastle is a city with many international students. Or maybe it has political reasons I'm unaware of. I just randomly realised that I haven’t seen a single English flag since I’ve come to England.