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| Post Club & Bar |
Birmingham was very nice and very modern. After missing our bus we had to wait around for 2 hours for the next one. Mark was already at the station when we finally arrived. Once we go into town we headed to the hotel. We had to catch a train to get to it. After settling in so late we decided to just hang out at the hotel bar. Being the smart guy I am I forgot that UK has a different power plugs. I used the business center computer to charge my ipod and 2 iphones while we enjoyed a bottle of wine. We mostly caught up on what has been going on and Fantasy football. Manas hung out with us to and just listened. We ended up staying up all night and walking over to the airport (across the street) to get some food. We went to bed at about 6a.
We got up at 10a to head into town. I lost my voice somehow and had a hard time talking all day. We started by going to a popular shopping area (look up BullRing). This place was crazy. We ran into some festival that was going on called Frankfurt Christmas Market & Craft Fair. Of course we had to join in. We got a beer and a Frank
After partaking in the festival we whipped out our handy map (how I miss google maps) to find the local museum (Birmingham Museum and art gallery). After browsing around that for a while we headed to Nando for dinner before heading to the hotel. The chicken was great.
Once we got to the hotel we crashed out but had been planning to go out. Determined to experience the night life we decided to take the leap (we did not know what time the pubs closed). We walked over to the train and found out we had missed the last one into town. Still being determined to make sure we went out we manage to track down a bus that was still running. We ended up wondering around the club area but mostly found nothing. Next thing we know we hear a nice tune and decide that was our choice. It was a Caribbean/African club called Post. After crabbing a beer we just chilled to the music. The place was LIVE!!! We had women walking up to us. A guest performer showed up. We ended leaving at like 4 am.
All the buses and trains don't start running until 6-7a. We wondered around for a while before deciding just to take a cab but we didn't want to pay the £30 the cab was trying to charge us. I decided to just walk up to one of them and say all I have is £20 to get me here (handed him the adress to the hotel). He said it was £30 to go and I said that was all I had. So we started to walk off. We got about 50 feet and another cab driver said I'll do it.So we got home and save a couple of £ ($$). We got up early to catch the bus to our next destination. Manas went back to London and Mark and I went to Liverpool. I will make a video post for that trip. Until then enjoy some pictures.
I will have to post more pictures up later. Pictures from one of my iPhones won't upload. I will likely do just a photo album post. Time to go get some sleep (which has been one thing lacking in this trip). Enjoy!
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| Mind The Gap |
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| Central London |
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| Waiting on our bus to Birmingham |
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| Bus to Birmingham |
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