The past two weeks have been about finding our way around, learning to use the bus, and exploring our neighborhood. We have been to two parks, a museum, three libraries, many different grocery stores, Legoland, Sea Life Manchester, and eaten lots of delicious food.
We enjoyed a quiet, Lego-filled Christmas, though we missed very much the traditional Christmas fun with our families.
We also spent part of Christmas day at the park. There are two parks very close to our house. One is small and shares space with a primary school, but the other is pretty big and has two playgrounds plus lots of trees.
We have visited three libraries so far – the Stretford Library and the Urmston Library, which are both part of our local Trafford library system, and the Central Library in Manchester. The kids have both read several books already and can’t wait to go back this week for more.
Another day was spent walking around the city centre and vising the Manchester Museum, home of Stan the T. rex and a real mummy!
They also have a display of meteorites, some of which you can touch.
Most of the Bee in the City bees have left their display locations (they were auctioned to raise over £1 million for We ♥ MCR), but there were still a few left to find (much to Eli’s delight!)
Another day was spent visiting LegoLand and Sea Life Manchester. We saw the Lego Ninjago Master of the 4th Dimension movie at LegoLand; it had water and smoke and 3D glasses – definitely a big hit! Eli had a good time driving a big Lego car, and they got to build Lego cars to race.
Sea Life Manchester has sharks, jellyfish, turtles, rays, eels, seahorses, and a giant Japanese Spider Crab. There was also a rockpool where the kids could touch starfish and shrimp.
Of course, throughout all of this, we have been learning to use the bus system. We spent some time eating junk food on the upper deck of a bus, just riding around the local area and seeing what we could see. It’s actually a really fun way to spend an afternoon!
And lastly, I will leave you with a picture of the most delicious thing I’ve eaten here so far: a chicken and ham pie with mash and peas!
Happy New Year! Hope you are well ♥
Hajjar Family Travels 
I love that there are so many fun things to do close by! How is the weather? Looks about like Huntsville the last month.
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It has been actually about the same weather as Huntsville, but with less rain. I hear you guys have been getting it nearly nonstop!
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