A day in Darlington

One of my New Year's resolution is to be more effective with my studies, another one is (hopefully it will be a result of the effectiveness) to see a bit more of England. So today after lunch I went with Bibo, Valentina and Felix on an afternoon journey to Darlington, which is just about 15 min south on the train from here. I had never really heard about the city, and thought it would be even smaller than Durham and didn't know what there was to see or do there, but apparently the city has almost a population of 100 000 so it's not that small. It's mostly famous for being one of the stops on the first passanger train journey on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825, although we didn't go to the Railway Museum. The city looks very English with long lanes of brick houses, not much to see, and they have almost exactly the same stores as in Durham. However, in Durham we only have Poundland (where everything costs £1), but in Darlington they have Poundworld, and of course 'world' is better than 'land'. I found two paintings of Jimi Hendrix and Johnny Cash, and a mug with Elvis Presley on it, so now I have a bit more stuff up on my wall and a better mug to drink tea in. Even though it was a short trip, it was cool to see something new and other than Durham, and to get a bit of fresh air and have fun with friends.