<p>So continuing right where I left off: we are at yates, having a good time, making fun of the English in the way they dress and dance. Then Alex starts teaching me hip hop dancing, which I slowly did not catch on to. It was a good time. I spilt my drink on me and Alex went to grab me napkins, he is real sweet :-) at 1:30 am we left to go back to the hostel. In the morning, (Saturday) i had breakfast and got some food for louis, Alex and Alicia, but Alex was able to wake up in time so we ate together. When I left to start my day I went to lance and when I rode off I realized by butt felt more painful than usual. That's when I saw my seat cover had been stolen overnight!!! I had brought in my pump and helmet that night before, but completely forgot about the seat cover. So I was real pissed, but what could I do, so I just went on with me day. I headed to, Yup you know me so well! Back to the Manchester museum! Before I went in I called the Manchester po po and asked about my rights as a (non) citizen, if I could do something not covered by a hotels t&cs for staying. He said I have to obey the hotels rules, even if no document is displayed for the guests. I thought this can't be right, but left it at that for now and went inside. I saw only a tiny bit of the dinosaur and rocks exhibit unfortunately cause There was a new exhibit that opened that day that I wanted to see, also on excavations from the middle east! There was a man who was in the gallery with me and he asked if I was enjoying the exhibit and I said yes and he asked if I thought human remains should be on display and I said no because its disrespectful to the dead, they shouldnt be excavated in the first place. And he said that was an interesting argument and a lot of people felt that way. He introduced himself as the curator from the natural history museum (I think) in London and he was trying to get peoples opinions on how they felt about human remains exhibitions. He then asked if I thought there should be a disclaimer at the entrance of the exhibit warning people that human remains are on display and to view at their own discretion. I said I would hope people would realize they are seeing human remains when they go to an exhibit about mummies!! But a disclaimer isn't harming anyone so yeah putting one up would be a good idea. So after that exhibit I went and saw more of the British birds exhibit and then left. I had booked myself on a tour of the town hall clock tour, but before I rode off I posted on yahoo answers my scenario to see what people said about the freedom of info act and if I would be allowed to bring lance inside if the hotels t&cs don't mention bikes can't be brought inside (assuming I would put him somewhere that wasn't a fire hazard), and posting that took me longer than expected, so I then had to rush to the town hall and the German markets were right in front, so I had to push lance through a huge crowd of people to get to the damn front door. I made it with 1 min to spare. So the tour was cool, we went into the rope room where the ringers rang the bell manually, then the mechanics room, then the clock, then the bell tower which had a balcony with 360 views. It was a real good day, I saw the peak district in the background! Then we went into the tower at 2 pm and saw, heard and felt the bell being rung by a hammer. The vibrations ran throughout my whole body!! Then after the tour, the great hall was open so I peeked in at the murals by Ford maddox brown. So I had about an hour to kill before I went on my next tour at 330 so I just Hung around the markets, enjoying the smells and the boutiques and unenjoying all the people there. Unfortunately everything was way overpriced, or else I would have bought some food. So then I headed over to the midland hotel which was the meeting point for my underground Manchester tour, which took you into the bomb raid shelters below ground. I ran inside the hotel to pee quickly, wow was it fancy inside! Then when I came out the guide was checking tickets and i sad I didnt have mine just yet and I needed to buy it off of him, so I take out my money to pay and some guy says "oh we have an extra one, take ours!" And I offered him the money and he refused, so that was quite lucky!! So the tour was real good, the guide was funny and kinda sexy with a hot fashion sense for an older man. He first took us to this brick building in the middle of a block and told us that that was a bomb shelter.  But it blended in with the surroundings so well, you would have just thought it was part of the business buildings on the block. But the Germans bombed manny in ww 2 and most of that area got destroyed so the mancunian govt asked Americans to help them build a shelter (forget why now) and the Americans employed polish people to build it since they didn't know English and thus couldn't tell the public what that top secret brick building was going to be used for. God we are so clever!! So then we went to the tunnels, it was awesome down there. We saw the toilets and where the canal used to be. So it was really cool down there. After the tour I went back to the hostel and Hung out with Alex and Alicia for a bit. But I also saw the hot guys from the night before and we were talking about how our nights were. Mark and Paul Thomas both forgot my name, mark thought it was Lauren and Paul thought it was holly. Then Neil walks in and says hi michele!! So they were like wow way to show us up by remembering her name! So I was talking to those sexy things, I told Paul he could use the outlet in my little alcove to charge his iPhone. So then they invited us to go out with them but I wasn't ready yet so I said we will meet them, so Alex gave Neil his number to text him so we can meet up. Then I got ready and Alex, Alicia and I went to the printworks and we bumped into them on a line to a bar! So that was dumb luck. There was another attractive guy with them that apparently was in our room that day, his name was ashley from Perth, Aussie. So we go into this bar, pay £2 to get in, and its so crowded that after like 10 min no One could get a drink, so Paul Thomas ( I forgot to mention that they brought another one of their friends with them, also named Paul, so I had to call the hot Paul Paul Thomas to differeniate) suggested we leave or else we will never get drunk with the massive crowds at the bar. I thought, oh no, what have I got myself into. These guys are clearly typical English guys who only care about booozing on the weekends ( and they weren't wearing any jackets either) so I reluctantly agreed. So we left and went to a pub near our hostel and that was a lot better with a "convivial" crowd, as Alex said. Louis came to meet us. There was a band playing and they were real good, they gave out free cds!! The lead singer was gorgeous and the drummer wasn't too bad looking either. Neil had recommended me a drink called the steamboat which was tasty. When I finished it Paul Thomas bought me another one even though I said I wasn't going to be drinking anymore. He couldn't fathom the idea of someone having just one drink on a night out. So when the pub closed we headed for the northern quarter. Neil and the girls took a taxi, while ashley, Paul Thomas, my crew and one of the girls came walked with us. Paul and I did some good flirting on this walk. Then that girl got a call from the others saying that there was a change of plan and we were heading to the gay village instead. So we walked that way instead. We went to a bar that played really cheesy music. Some of the boys were looking goooood!! It was a bit loud in there though, so we became a dancing group instead of the Chatty one we were at the pub, which kind of split us up. So after a while Louis suggested we go elsewhere to do karaoke, but only him, Alex, Alicia and I went. It was like after 2 now so most places were shutting so they wouldn't let knew customers in. I was annoyed cause I had wanted to stay at the place we were at, and now we couldn't find anywhere new to go. So we walked down canal st trying various bars. We saw an ad on the door that the g-a-y bar was looking for a cook and a bus boy. So we told Alex to apply for the bus boy one. Then as we were walking there was a guy wearing fishnets, heels, a corset and a wig. He was looking fine!! Louis told me he was my red headed twin cause the wig was of red curly hair, so that scared me a bit, but it was a good laugh. We also passed an advertisement for strippers!! Oh I forgot to mention that on Thursday night we saw an ad for dream boys!! Strippers who were coming to the birdcage next weekend, and then this night i got a flyer for £2 off entry!! I was so upset I wasn't staying till next weekend :-( so anyway, after not finding anywhere, Louis took us this this bar exclusively for bartenders. It was quite weird at first, you go up to this door, ring a bell, a guy slides a little eye hatch, Louis says "hard rock and tgi Fridays" and the guy opens the door. It was like something out of a 1920s mafia run speakeasy! So we were there for a bit. I was in the bathroom when Paul Thomas called me and told me he wanted to join us cause the girls that Neil was friends with weren't being friendly with him, and I was so much more fun to talk to. That really touched me, I thought that was such a sweet thing to say. I told him he couldn't get in because its for bartenders only and Louis was able to get us in. I really wanted him there though cause I got along with him the best out of those 4 locals. So some time passed and I was getting super tired. So we walked back at like 3:30 am. The guys were back already so I talked to them for a bit and then I asked Paul if he wanted his charger back and he said he still wanted to plug his phone in but he wanted to play on it at the same time so I told him he could switch into my alcove since the top bunk was free. But his charger couldn't reach up there so I said he could take the bottom and I will take the top. Then Alicia comes by and says that someone is sleeping in her bed ( cause I had offered her the top bunk the night before) but because Paul was in the alcove with me, he said she could take his bed. So now I'm ready for bed but my charger couldn't reach the top and it actually caused my phone to fall all the way to the ground, so he said he felt bad about taking my bed, and he didn't mind taking the top and I said no he could stay on the bottom and he said well you can join me down here if you want. And my mouth wanted to say "sure, coming right down!!" But my brain stopped me and I said "no, I'm fine up here. Good night." Sunday: So it was a bit of a hassle in the morning, everyone was packing to leave, including myself. It was a bit of a droolfest cause there were lots of cuties that slept in their undies, or Just got out of the shower, so that was a bit of a distraction for me. But I eventually went for breakfast, and Alex saved some for me as well :-) and I made toast and stuff for Alicia, Louis and Paul. So I finally Checked out after saying good bye to the guys. I went to the yha but I couldn't check in yet cause it was still early, so I just dropped my stuff off. The receptionist liked my hat and said she wanted to get a similar one but was afraid it wouldnt fit under her helmet. And I said that I have to tuck under the eyes but then it fits! So I went to the museum of science and industry and went to a hands on exhibit which was geared towards kids but still fun. But wow were there a lot of brats there!! They were driving me crazy! I stayed there for a good while until I left to go on a 1 pm walking tour of the city. Ok I am going to have to cut this short here and continue tomorrow, I need my beauty rest, these past few days and been way too intense!!
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