Newcastle

Random Fact: "Newcastle is one of the largest cities in Northern England, and according to the Metro newspaper, one of the loudest."

Today, we went to Newcastle and at first I only wanted to go for one thing: to show my international buddies the greatness that is the Metro Centre. However, we ended up touring the town only to find that the Metro Centre was in Gateshead near Newcastle rather than in Newcastle. We still had fun touring the sights and sounds of such a large city.

The city wasn't as big as Newcastle, but there were a lot of chauvers and I became wary of them. I had to explain to my friends what a chauver was and why they need to make sure to avoid them, but I don't think they took me seriously. They have so many street acts in this town that it's almost like a crowded circus. We saw a contortionist who actually stood up to one of the little chauvers when they made a comment.

We visited an art museum, saw a few cathedrals, and even walked across the millennium bridge. At least, I think that's what it's called. We ate at an authentic fish and chips shop for the first time, but since one of the girls didn't like fish or chips I split a pizza with her. Yes, it's very weird to eat pizza instead of fish and chips in England.

Newcastle is a very beautiful city, but sadly it has one of the worst China Towns ever. The only Asian thing about the place were the restaurants. Other than that, they had regular British cinemas, a Becks beer pub, and most of it was just Chinese restaurants or British shops. Still, I would love to return to Newcastle again.