Bristol: Where the men speak like pirates,
and the street art is revolutionary.
Part One: Bristol City.
Arriving at the station...
The coloured houses of Bristol up high on a hill.
Walking into the city centre.
Pink.
Pump Lane, BS1.
Wonderfully 1950s.
Got horribly lost here for a while.
But there's always a silver lining to getting lost:
rows and rows of candy-coloured houses to see.
rows and rows of candy-coloured houses to see.
Realizing I needed to cross the water to get into town;
hazy city centre in the distance.
hazy city centre in the distance.
Pretty Bristol Dusk.
More of the same.
More of the same.
Narrow Quay, on which I stayed.
And where is docked...
The Under the Stars Cafe Bar.
View from my hostel; a converted warehouse right on the quay.
And I should add that I am DONE with hostels after this.
Hotels for this girl from now on.
Mud Dock.
The Georgian quartier.
Queen Square, finished in 1727.
King Street & The Old Duke.
Old Bristol.
Walking up Park Street in the rain.
I learned that Bristol is basically built on the side of mountain.
Concrete flowers.
Charlotte Street, BS1.
So many stairs and steep, steep hills.
In fact, in Bristol I noticed a phenomenon that I thought only existed
within the continental U.S., given our crimes against fashion.
You know that horrible habit of wearing tennis
shoes with a work suit for commuting ?
Like this ? Gross, I know.
{And that looks suspiciously like the DC metro.}
within the continental U.S., given our crimes against fashion.
You know that horrible habit of wearing tennis
shoes with a work suit for commuting ?
Like this ? Gross, I know.
{And that looks suspiciously like the DC metro.}
But anyway, that phenomenon exists in Bristol.
I saw it with my own eyes on many people.
But you really can't blame them with all the hiking they have to do.
Never seen a steeper city in my life.
I saw it with my own eyes on many people.
But you really can't blame them with all the hiking they have to do.
Never seen a steeper city in my life.
Christmas Steps 1.
Christmas Steps is a historic merchant street.
Which dates to medieval times.
Which dates to medieval times.
Full of character.
And a workout.
After all the hill-climbing, a well-deserved Corona and a real
burrito {so rare en Angleterre} at Mission Burrito on Park Street.
Denmark Street.
Such a colorful city.
Martin van Buren ?
The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol.
Changed Priorities Ahead.
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