Today we signed our contracts, after traveling all over Birmingham by a 'wonderful' cabbie. He really had troubles understanding us slash didn't listen to us and drove us to St Peters Square, not St Philips Place. So by that time we were lost, yet again. He then tried to ask us for directions....obviously we have no clue where to go. That's why we called the cab!!! Finally we got to Hays and got that sorted.
Then back to the hostel to check out and grab out bags (weighing about the same as a fully grown elephant) and we walked/Lizz limped back up to the bus station where we caught our bus for Manchester. Being the total blondes (at heart if not in reality haha) that we are we almost missed our bus. We literally watched people boarding our bus, watched someone run for it, looked around, read a pamphlet about traveling to Paris and at the last possible second that the bus was in fact ours (rather obvious as it was in the gate for Manchester and had our bus number in huge light up numbers on the side) ran out and jumped on in the first available seats. I had taken gravol 30 min before boarding the bus so by the time we had sorted ourselves out and realized that our bus was ready to leave I was a walking zombie. I happily slept the 2 hours to Manchester :) ! I was so worried that I would be sick the whole way so this trip was a great improvement! We then walked over to the train station, bought tickets and got on the right train like the seasoned experts we are fast becoming. Mel, my cousins wife, met us at the train station and we went back to their house to play cars with their son and eat the best food we have had since we were here last week!
We are spending the night here and then going up north to County Durham tomorrow so spend the week with my Aunt and Uncle. They have lots of stuff planned, can't wait for some time in the county!! I am so glad that I have family here, without them I would be lost for sure!!
Uk English vs Canadian English
rubbish vs garbage
bin vs garbage can
pants vs underwear
pants vs trousers
rubber vs eraser
Another weird difference is that buses (like the greyhound in Canada) make you wear seat-belts, and they check!
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