The last weeks I thought often it would be so nice to take a longer walk through Manchester to see how things develop and especially visit the lively and dynamic Norther Quarter of the city where a lot of ateliers, handicrafts and small shops are located ..for example you can visit the Chinese craft center with contemporary exhibitions of Chinese artists and local people (picture 3)... the city council also stimulate different projects of architects and artists which should improve the public space and have names like 'urban jungle' and so on ...
My walk took me along the city center to the edges of Picadilly and the down back on the Western side of the city where you can find now the German Christmas market, a lot of decoration and busy people buying tones of presents ...all in all this gave me a new perspective on the city where I live now and I would like to similar walks from time to time... as walking engages you with your own city and let you feel close to the local and grass root culture of every street life.