While I am enjoying living away from home and experiencing a new atmosphere, I am beginning to feel homesick. I am not letting it wear down my time here, but I can’t help missing the comforts of home. I am constantly reminding myself that one of the biggest reasons for my coming here was to expand my comfort zone and to try new things. I need to be more conscious of that.
I think it is brought out more by the fact that my sister should be coming soon. I can’t wait to see her. I have set aside seeing the tourist attractions of Manchester, just to save it for when she arrives.
In the meantime, I am only really studying, enjoying weekends and planning future trips over Europe.
Last weekend I went over to North Wales – Chirk Castle and Erddig. Chirk castle really was beautiful, the most stunning feature of the place (to me) probably being the library, with the oldest text dating back to 1513! Erddig is a “house” although it feels like an enormous mansion. The best parts were probably these rusty old cars that I so love. (I was going to add a pic for any car enthusiasts, but it’s just not working.)
Overall a good day!