So here I am, half a year ago I did not really plan to go to great britain but things changed. Applied for a job and they invited me for an interview so here I am in Cambridge. A good reason to travel UK a bit and perhaps also Ireland and who knows maybe also back to Iceland.
For my first destination Cambridge I got a couchsurf and that was a great one. Thanks again to Valerie and Tom for their great hospitality. So a good start for my second time in Cambridge.

The main area still looks exactly the same as it did 9 years ago. And like 2004 the weather is also kind of nice this time. Just a bit chilly and windy.

A bit of rain and sun and lots of wind. Somehow it looks like the spring is behind the seasonal schedule in England. Outside of the center around the west center of the university it felt like autumn.

Like the places the prices for transport also stayed the same. Training from Cambridge to Manchester via London is quick but 44£ expensive if you don’t buy the ticket in advance.

Again, the english weather was nice to me. Streets were wet at the time I arrived but thats it. Around the docks, one of the modern parts of the city, you can enjoy the sun in the chilly evening. Here I recognized that brits must be immune against the cold! The men do wake boarding in a dock and the girls go out in the evening dress without a jacket. I was fine but just with my four layers on!

Perhaps one of the few moments the weather was not really that nice to me. Otherwise I would have tried this giant carousel in the city center of manchester. Must be a great view on the Piccadilly square underneath.

There is also a lovely old town near the center. Especially the part along the river is really nice. This picture shows a part in the middle of malls and as far as I know the house just looks far but its kind of new.

Another major place in england is Liverpool just about an hour by bus so in a day trip distance. Thats how I did it and I liked it a lot more than manchester. The main buildings are all quite old or old and modernized like the train station of Liverpool.

But the place I liked most was around the albert dock. A preserved harbour area with all the docks and warehouses from ancient times combined with the modern buildings from the bordering business district.

Perhaps the most amazing piece I’ve found in Liverpool. A genetic manipulated sheep-banana. Done by a japanese artist to demonstrate against the genetic manipulated food.

On the way to Scotland I also crossed this amazing place perhaps my favorite in England. Newcastle, based on the river Tyne with its many bridges over the river. One of those is the infamous millennium bridge for pedestrians. To let the big boats pass it can be rotated so the footpath would point at the sky.

One of the finest streets of England is overlooked by this guy. Mr. Grey who was one of Britain’s prime ministers.

Things are close together and after a 10m – not meter but miles in this case- hill walk along the river you will reach the sea. The area around Newcastle was also industrialized and there are many big business around marine engineering. If the factory is not visible the nearby working class houses will tell you that.

At the end of the walk you end up in a place called Tynemouth which is the place where the Tyne runs into the sea. Somewhere on the other side would be Norway …