Last week i went to meet my Brighton friend in Birmingham as its half way between both of us. We were staying in a travelodge that from the outside looks like its right next to the bull ring there fore it is going to be in a good location however when you look more closely its actually next to some rough looking buildings ha but not to worry.
The first day mainly consisted of coffee, shopping and more shopping, i ,love shopping in Birmingham apart from the annoying chuggers or charity muggers who keep coming up to you and the actual beggers asking me for some money to get a cup of tea, how selfish considering i hadn't even had a cuppa myself!
then there is those annoying love film people yes those ones who ask you how old you are, i just say im 16 just to see the look on their faces.
Later on we decided to go and look at the market, which i really wish i hadn't ! i walked to one stall and noticed what looked like horses legs and hooves on top of the counter and to my horror further down there was heads, goats heads to be precise! the way the eyes looked made me feel ill and before i looked at anything else i just started running and running until i got outside, i just had to get out because it made me feel so ill!
in the evening we went in search of an all you can eat Chinese, we realised our hotel is just round the corner from loads of Chinese places but they all looked a bit run down so we didn't dare set foot in them, instead we opted for one round the corner which upon entering realised it looked and was set up like a work canteen, but at 10 pound for all you can eat chinese including not so chinese puddings we couldn't turn it down, it looked quite tasty but on closer looks after we had paid we realised there wasn't a lot on offer so i settled for black bean chicken, noodles, chips and various other bits, the best bit was the not so chinese puddings which were mainly chocolate based.
the next day we set out to find the mailbox but when we go there realised it wasn't so good at all, we then carried on walking and ended up walking all done the canals, not actually in the water of course ha. it was really nice down there, we then found broad street where all the bars are, and ended up in Birmingham's answer to the city in London, which looked very posh. This all brought us back to the bullring and we realised we had gone round the longest way ever.
We decided later on to go to selfridges champage bar, mainly as it was a Thursday night offer as we couldn't have afford to go there any other time! upon arrival we noticed everyone was just sat casually drinking bottles of moet at 5 in the afternoon, how crazy and there was some event going on at the other end of the bar, it was a far cry from scunthorpe! i had a French martini and a cosmopolitan which were both Delicious and for one night only i actually felt quite posh. it was so good, i want to go back again!
after all that posh stuff we went back to reality and went to pizza hut ha bit of a difference, after a chicken supreme and a coke it was time to investigate the chinese quarter,
We desicovered it was the same place as the chinese run down restaurants and to our surprise it all comes alive at night and there was loads of posh looking bars, we couldn't believe it, we went in one bar and realised it didn't live up to the expectations of the champagne bar so went back to the hotel for a sing song to oasis instead!
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