Newcastle

Yesterday I spent the day in Newcastle with the International Student Association. I got on the bus thinking that some of my friends were also coming, but they were no where to be found after the three hour bus ride. I then attached myself to three really sweet French girls and then this amazing Bulgarian girl named Asja. We had some bonding time and she told me all about Bulgaria.

Newcastle wasn't the most amazing place in the world but it was quite a bit better than Hull.... it was older and had so it felt more like Europe. We were also extremely lucky in that it was sunny! It's NEVER sunny here. And yes, I did take all of the pictures.

Charlie, this is mainly for you and your "Take pictures and put them on your blog" request because I love you.

Yay for bridges!!!!! There are THREE in this picture. My first picture of European bridges.

We laughed really hard at this one... It looks like he's smiling! This museum was probably the coolest thing on our little trip. A lot of the stuff though, like this skeleton, weren't real. They did have a real mummy unwrapped though! I didn't take a picture because it made me queasy.

This monument was really beautiful. You can't really tell that well but it's all these soldiers going for war and right in the center is a dad hugging his daughter. We really liked it.

I loved this because they actually named some stairs.... that's all there was here, just stairs. I wish that WE named stairs!

This makes me laugh. It's the nice, high class opera house in Newcastle. I think it's ugly and looks like a giant manatee. Inside wasn't very pretty either.... they did have a sign up that Imogen Heap performed there on Monday though! Missed it by five days.

This is the big "main attraction" in Newcastle. Type in "Newcastle" in google and this will be the first thing to pop up. It's the world's only tilting bridge. It is kind of cool and it's pretty, especially lit up at night. It was easy to make fun of though.... a pedestrian bridge being the coolest thing in the town. There was a plaque saying that the queen opened the bridge though.

Asja and me walking across the bridge.

CHARLIE!!!! I took this picture thinking of you and then explained the bridge book to those I was walking with. This should definitely be a new addition!

This was one of the first places we went and I thought it was very pretty. The best part about it though is the accordion player on the bottom right. While he was playing I felt like I was in France. Do they have accordion players in France?

This was a really pretty monument in the middle of the city. Smack in the middle. It's in this big square, really tall too.

I had a grand old time. The city isn't that big, we would walk from end to end and then say "that's it?" Some of the places were kind of lame but overall it's a nice little place. I am very happy that it felt like Europe and some parts were very pretty. Plus, what an awesome bridge :) It was a fun trip though.