READ: TRIP TO BRISTOL, BIRMINGHAM, MALVERN, CHELTENHAM AND BRIGHTON
Long time no see vol.75482999 but Hello again!! I've been quite busy lately (exams, moving back to Czech Republic for summer and so many things that needed to be done) so I've completely abandoned it here. However, it was about time I got back here and sum up my travels from april to june! So get ready because this post is going to be full of photos.
BRISTOL
In april, when we had two weeks of easter break at Uni, we decided to go visit Bristol, which is situated about an hour away from Worcester. In the second half of the easter break I headed back to Czech Republic, which was the time well spent as I had my birthday along with my father's.
It was just a day trip but we still managed to fall in love with that city. When we arrived in the morning we did a bit of sightseeing and decided to go and climb up to see the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge. We walked around the harbor and found our way to the bridge. Despite the crazy traffic we finally crossed the road (read: got ourselves almost killed).
BRISTOL
In april, when we had two weeks of easter break at Uni, we decided to go visit Bristol, which is situated about an hour away from Worcester. In the second half of the easter break I headed back to Czech Republic, which was the time well spent as I had my birthday along with my father's.
It was just a day trip but we still managed to fall in love with that city. When we arrived in the morning we did a bit of sightseeing and decided to go and climb up to see the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge. We walked around the harbor and found our way to the bridge. Despite the crazy traffic we finally crossed the road (read: got ourselves almost killed).
Later on we saw the bridge, wandered a bit more around and got few more views of it. Then we headed back to the city center where Teresa's friend from Bristol recommended us a place where to go for a meal. By the time we arrived to the center we were hungry and all ready to rather eat whatever was in our way. We walked around few neighborhoods, squares and passed many different types of streets and houses. It all felt so international. In a while we were always somewhere else, from San Francisco to Italy and China. What a dynamic city indeed. We had burgers for lunch slash dinner. We ate at Atomic Burger which was a cool independent restaurant full of kinda 90's toys and objects.
With the full house in our stomachs we then crawled back to the streets in order to find some graffiti and street art. As you may know Bristol is well known for being full of Banksy's work. Unfortunately, we saw only two or three of his works :D. That was it. We walked around the city later for a bit and then headed back home.
BIRMINGHAM
There was not much happening during May as we had exams and deadlines so no traveling during that time :-(. But after we all successfully finished our first year (YES) and quit our jobs (TRIPLE YES) we wanted to enjoy every bit of our stay in UK and decided to go for a little trip to Birmingham. It doesn't hurt to have Birmingham just 30 minutes away from home, because you know.... Bullring is there :---))) If I could I would enter the emoji of the pack of dollars flying away (click on the emoji link, but I am sure you already know which one I meant by that).
First we went for a coffee as caffeine was needed. We had found this independent café in advance and it became our favorite one immediately. The place is called Yorks Bakery Café and the coffee along with the interior was really delicious/cool! If you find yourself in Birmingham and craving coffee, pay a visit to this small café and have a breakfast there as it all seemed delicious. Me and Marie then went to the library, where we found a secret garden at the top of the building with the view of the whole city. After that we went to the Birmingham Gallery and had a look at few exhibitions.
When it was time for lunch we went to Wagamama's and had some delicious meal. We were so full after the lunch like we had just eaten Satan, so we only managed to teleport ourselves to the benches next to Bullring where we could do nothing but sunbathe and rest. All prepared to go spend aaaall the money we were both working so hard to earn we went shopping to Bullring. Our wallets were like brace yourself, the Bullring is coming! After the shopping we met Teresa, had dinner and then came back to Worcester with "few" bags full of clothes. Hashtag No Regrets.
MALVERN HILLS
After the shopping, we were not feeling like giving our credit cards another heart attack so we went for a hike to nearby Malvern. Malvern is a lovely spa town 20 minutes away from Worcester. However, the main "attraction" there are the Malvern Hills. Very beautiful yet not the highest mountains I would say. We made it to the top of the highest one in a while. It was sunny and warm down in the town but up there it was all windy and cloudy......England. In order not to go the same way down we went the other way around the mountain. It all seemed like from The Lord of Rings and/or The Hobbit movies. Interesting fact: J.R.R. Tolkien really did find an inspiration in Malvern when working on his masterpieces.
On our way down we bumped into few chilling cows as we used the trail which was closed :-)))). All scared we finally managed to overcome them without scaring them or making them notice our presence. We all blame it on Teresa, who's got the baddest karma in the world. After all, a bit of an adventure, why not. Later on we walked around the town and then laid down in a park, where we kinda fell asleep slash played dodgeball. Tired as like we had run a marathon we managed to get back to halls.
CHELTENHAM
Another spa town on our list was a nearby Cheltenham, where only me and Mary decided to go. That day the weather was amazing and we could finally feel the summer (the lack of vitamin D was almost critical by that time!). Firstly, we wanted to see the campus of the University of Gloucestershire. The campus looked like a giant park as there were lawns and lakes all around the campus. It seemed so calm and relaxed. It must be nice to study there.
We had already found a place, where we wanted to have lunch. It was a vegan-raw juice bar called The Core situated on the opposite side of the town. So by the time we got there we were hungry, just ready to order. The menu was full of delicious meals and the prices were more than reasonable. Finally, after the never-ending-what-to-order-struggle we went for raw zucchini noodles with basil pesto and gluten-free pancakes with raspberries and honey. What a foodgasm. We both shared the dishes and order green smoothies as well. It was £9 per person (which is cheap-ish considering that we had a smoothie as well). Those pancakes were lush!
This post is getting longer and longer so I am going to make it short now! After the lunch we went back to the city center, chilled in a park and then just walked around the town and had a dessert. Cheltenham is a lovely town, it felt a bit poshy and its white, classic buildings and promenades underlined the antic style in the architecture. Beautiful small spa town to go to.
Last but not least...
BRIGHTON
I visited Brighton just few days before I've left UK for the summer. The reason I went there was my brother, who had decided to come to UK for summer to find a job and earn some extra money. I was in Brighton for 5 days and it was amazing.
If you ask me what my favorite city in the UK is, the answer will definitely be BRIGHTON! I've been there 3 summers in a row and certainly want to go there next summer as well!
We didn't do any sightseeing or anything similar as we had many important stuff to take care of. Mostly we were dealing with few inconveniences and were looking for my brother's accommodation and job. However, we still managed to end up on the beach every day. In addition, we slept in this hostel, which was at seaside and almost right next to the beach. We paid just £10 per night and we were alone in the room. That's it as mostly we were just enjoying our time together and the sunny weather on the beach. Generally nothing special yet it was very special to me. I hope my brother will make the most from his stay in Brighton. Thank you Brighton for always brightening up our day even though there was nothing bright about it.
BRIGHTON
I visited Brighton just few days before I've left UK for the summer. The reason I went there was my brother, who had decided to come to UK for summer to find a job and earn some extra money. I was in Brighton for 5 days and it was amazing.
If you ask me what my favorite city in the UK is, the answer will definitely be BRIGHTON! I've been there 3 summers in a row and certainly want to go there next summer as well!
We didn't do any sightseeing or anything similar as we had many important stuff to take care of. Mostly we were dealing with few inconveniences and were looking for my brother's accommodation and job. However, we still managed to end up on the beach every day. In addition, we slept in this hostel, which was at seaside and almost right next to the beach. We paid just £10 per night and we were alone in the room. That's it as mostly we were just enjoying our time together and the sunny weather on the beach. Generally nothing special yet it was very special to me. I hope my brother will make the most from his stay in Brighton. Thank you Brighton for always brightening up our day even though there was nothing bright about it.
Congratulations! You finally made it to the end of this post! Thank you for sacrificing few minutes of your day to read all this.
I will see you soon as I have big plans for summer (as for traveling)!
Michaela