Hi everybody, this week I want to talk to you about different trips you can take around the U.K.

The nearest city to Keele is Stoke-on-Trent. To get there, you can take the 25 bus from Keele for 1.80£. It’s cheaper with your student card. We can also use this bus to go to the grocery store to buy some food. In my opinion I don’t find Stoke to be a very beautiful city. There isn’t lot of things to do there, but you can go shopping to buy some clothes and groceries. I mostly go into Stoke to go shopping or to the train station.

During my second weekend here I went in a theme park near Stoke with some of the International students, it was awesome. I used a coach from university to the park. Keele University gives the opportunity to make day-trips every week. By the way, I’m going to go to a rugby game in December with the university. In England you can find some really cheap train tickets if you buy yours early. There are some coach lines as well, the most famous company is ‘National Express’. I bought tickets for round way from Stoke to London for 18£!

I also used the train to go to Manchester. Manchester is a big city that has two very famous two football teams, Manchester United and Manchester City. I went to Liverpool as well. It’s the same distance as Manchester from Stoke (approximately 1 hour). These two cities are ex-industrial cities, so in my opinion it’s not really beautiful. They have a lot of free museum though. There’s a really good atmosphere in Liverpool because it’s the home of the Beatles and it has a really charming harbor!

A lot of people told me that London is the only beautiful city in England. I agree because London is more interesting because there are so many things to do and see. But I find the country side to be beautiful here, so I will look into making a trek in the next couple of weeks. Next week I will talk to you about food in England.

Enjoy your life !

Liverpool Harbour

In Liverpool with internationals students and… Beatles !!

Romain