The Manchester Diaries: This Stunning Architectural Blend

I'm completely astonished by the textures and colours of Manchester. Kind of a blend of rough red brick and light blue cristal. I'm utterly grateful for the opportunity I have been given to experience the city under the sun, despite the intense cold weather, so I'm trying to make the best of it and catch the most of what I'm seeing. Feel like I could spend ages wandering around these streets which, indeed, are full of a weird poetry. Seems they were derelict land despite of being full of people.

The Hilton from Deansgate Quay

The Hilton Hotel, Deansgate

The Great Northern, Deansgate

The Hilton Tower

The Great Northern

The Great Northern

The Hilton from The Great Northern stairs

More Great Northern (extra large leisure centre, as u can notice)

Deansgate St.

John Rylands Library

The Centurion House (Offices)

Arndale Shopping Centre (sorry, but there's a three storey Topshop store ;)

St. Ann's Square

Outdated colors

Valencia Town Hall Square

Valencia Town Hall  Square at night

Detail of the square with the Post Office building

City Hall building

Post Office building

Last sunday I went to the film library again (although this time on my own) to see Nicholas Ray's film Johnny Guitar. It seems that I was in the mood of seeing everything through the eyes of a person born many years before I actually was, as you can appreciate if you look to the photos I took before and after the film...Don't you see the colors of another age? As if I had been in Valencia in the mid sixties or so. Or maybe is just my mind. Anyway, as I told a good friend a couple of days ago, I came back home with an amazing feeling of suprareality...

PS: This post is dedicated to my friend and work colleague Xelu, the owner of the idea of taking the pics from the top floor of the film library building. I have just put the technical requirements needed to perform it. Hope we have many more classic film sessions to enjoy together before I go!!

Pistache green

Introducing my brand-new pistache green shopping cart!!

Ruzafa Market

Yesterday I bought a pistache green shopping cart and reached out to Ruzafa Market to buy some groceries...Here you have my new neighbourhood!!

My new room

Today I've suddenly realized that I still hadn't shown you my new room. This is the place where I sleep like a log in Valencia, after having spent what is usually being a long and intense day lately.
And this is also the site where I write my posts from!! 
Have a pretty nice Sunday tomorrow. 

I'll be flying home for a short while if I survive to the firecrackers in my way to the subway!!

Cupcake Valencia

Those of you who are occasional readers and may not know me probably don't know that I'm moving to Valencia for the next three months to join a research team in Clinical Linguistics at the University. 

I'm really excited about it, so here you have the images that metaphorically best define my arrival to this luminous city. I feel like if it were a delicious bright-coloured cake waiting for me to take a pretty good bite...