Manchester Blitz Day Trip ⚡🇬🇧

Challenge accepted: Dublin → Manchester roundtrip in ONE DAY! ✈️ 🛬 10:25 Landed in Manchester 🚂 Took train to Manchester Oxford Road → bus to Manchester Museum 🦖 ▪️ Compact but full of gems—especially the unique specimen displays! 🥐 Bus+walk to Pollen Bakery (Kampus) → passed Manchester Uni → paid respects at Alan Turing Memorial 🏛️💻 🧋 Double matcha boost! ▪️ HEYTEA (new drink: meh) ▪️ Blank Street Coffee (sea salt pistachio matcha FTW! ☕💚) 🛍️ Quick stops at Arndale + Selfridges → Manchester Cathedral ⛪ ▪️ Stunning stained glass (even if architecture feels familiar) 📚 John Rylands Library (queue too long 😭) → Museum of Science & Industry ⚙️💻 ▪️ HIGHLIGHT! Saw the first stored-program computer + epic textile machines. Cute magnets! 🌉 Scenic detour: Castlefield Viaduct + Rochdale Canal → Manchester Art Gallery 🖼️ 🛋️ Evening: Shopping + chill → 19:30 train to airport ✈️ 22:00 Back to Dublin after 28,000 steps! 🏃💨 #Manchester #TravelChallenge #OneDayTrip #UKAdventure #CityExplorer #MuseumHopper 🚀