🇬🇧 Manchester 2-Day Chill Itinerary: For Burnt-Out PhD Souls

✨ "No plans, no stress—just aimless wandering & snacks." 🚂 Transport • London → Windermere train (stopped at Piccadilly) • Hotel: £75 for 2 nights near Piccadilly Gardens 🍔 Eats • Breakfast: Burger King (priorities) • Lunch: Chinatown málàtàng & Only Yu (spicy salvation) • Snacks: Asian supermarket haul (essential) 🚶♀️ Lazy Sightseeing (All Walkable!) ⭐ Northern Quarter (Manchester’s Shoreditch) ⭐ Chinatown (for homesickness relief) ⭐ Manchester Art Gallery (naptime vibes) ⭐ National Football Museum (£14 student ticket—pretended to care) ⭐ Manchester Cathedral (stunning, actually stayed awake) ⭐ John Rylands Library (free Hogwarts photoshoot) ⭐ Science & Industry Museum (overrun by kids) 🎓 "Academic Detour" (*30-min walk*) • University of Manchester gates (shocking—a campus with gates!) • Manchester Museum (free dinosaur distraction) #PhDescape #ManchesterVibes #ZeroEffortTravel