During the summer we met up with a friend who was on her world tour of the UK visiting friends before she actually went on a world
tour, she arranged to come to us from Newcastle via the trains for on £12. This obviously caught GO’s attention, little bargain hunter he is. “I’ve never been to Newcastle.” He said in a tone that implied I had not, some how, not let him live his life to its full potential as he had never been to Geordie land. “Let’s go for your birthday.” I suggested. With that we are heading along the M62 on our way to a very swanky hotel in Jesmond Dene. After a delicious, although teeny tiny meal in the hotel restaurant we headed into town. GO was relying on me for recommendations but as I had mentioned to him I usually just rocked up and followed the crowd, drink in hand. So we did what all tourists do we asked the cab driver. And so we began our evening on the toon by the quayside in a wine bar that I had visited long ago for a 21st birthday, it didn’t end well, sorry Beth (my roommate for the evening). This time was most civilised we sat outside and watched the world go by, it was chilly but they had outdoor heaters.
We strolled along the quayside towards the Big Market following the cab drivers recommendations and headed for a tiny little old man pub. It was full of locals who were not happy about outsiders we drank our drinks as quickly as possible and moved on. Not too far this time, just across the road to a wine bar. We found a couple of stools at bar and got chatting to the barman who made GO a special cocktail for his birthday, it was yummier than the Aperol Spritz I had ordered.
We finished the evening by sharing a large doner kebab by the water before returning to the first bar to get a taxi back to the hotel. In the morning GO wanted to and do some touristy things in Newcastle. This is where I came unstuck, I’d never done anything touristy, has anyone ever been to Newcastle just to look around? We found an art gallery which opened at three in the afternoon so we wandered aimlessly. We did watch the Remembrance Sunday service and then did a spot of shopping.
We had a look at the Fenwick Christmas window display, it’s something you just have to do when in Toon.
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