2/14/2005 03:32:00 PM|||Tom|||

I thought I would finally post a few of the pictures I've taken during my trip. Yesterday was the Chinese new year, and my new hotel just happens to be two blocks south of Manchester's Chinatown:


There were several rides at the festival, including the Jumping Jack, which is chinese for "Child Frightener".


Also, there's no Krispy Kreme here, but they do have


Finally, a couple of landmarks near the first hotel I stayed at. This is the Manchester United Football Soccer Club stadium:


A few nights ago I was walking home, and there was a demonstration outside of hundreds of MUFC fans protesting the proposed purchase of the club by Malcolm Glazer, an American who owns the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The locals are not happy about this; they had a Malcolm Glazer doll being hung in a noose and were chanting threats about cutting off his head. Then, they started getting rude. By the way, SoccerFan is VERY tolerant. Apparently, Glazer has some Irish business parters; SoccerFan also wants to kill them, and took a great deal of pleasure in calling them Leprechauns.

A few blocks south of that is a cricket field. Cricket is sort of like baseball, except it sucks.


Speaking of baseball, pitchers and catchers report to spring training TOMORROW!

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