Leeds

Cocktail time

We had a quiet Sunday night, on Monday we packed our bags and got a train to Leeds.  We stayed at Quebecs Hotel again (our city pad), so we dumped our bag and then walked to Fazenda - the Brazilian BBQ which was every much as wonderful as it was last time - super yummy.  We over ate (of course) but were careful not to have any carbs or alcohol so we could enjoy as much of it as possible.  Once we were defeated we paid our bill and then headed out for some shopping.  I went to Bravissimo to get 3 more bras as my weight seems to have stabilised and my bras are all too big at the moment.  We had a quick look around the Lego shop, and then headed back to the hotel for a quick rest before the evening.

As we were checking in, I mentioned a bar called The Alchemist which is a favourite with quite a few of our friends. The receptionist gave us a token for it - buy one, get one free.  Excellent.  We decided to head there before going to the cinema.  Wow!  What a place, the poshest cocktail place I have ever been too.  We managed to get seats at the bar so watched the bar tenders making the cocktails which was fun.  The menu was quite ambiguous, meaning we didn't really know what we were ordering.  The first one was really good, a raspberry topping with minty chocolate underneath - very drinkable.  My second one looked spectacular - it was a fiery red colour and bubbling.  Didn't taste as good as the first one but looked fab. Matt had a very girlie screwball!

Next stop was the Everyman cinema, we quickly settled into our sofas and cushions and watched Going In Style, which was a cheery, silly but quite watchable film.  Perfect when you have 2 rather strong cocktails in you - I didn't fall asleep so it must have been good!

After the cinema we headed to Bundobust for a quick Bundo Chat (the yummiest Indian concoction I have ever had) and some beer.  We then found another craft beer bar (Tapped) to hang out at before returning to the hotel.  We fell into bed, very happy.

Tuesday morning we thought we would have a posh breakfast and went to a cafe we found yesterday which served a good looking breakfast.  It was shut - it didn't open until 10am?  Very strange for somewhere that serves breakfast?!  We ended up in Bagel Nash for a bagel.  Then a little more shopping, I finally got a new handbag and we got a travel book for Malaysia (where we are thinking of going to in August)

We then got the train back, ready for Tom being dropped off after his day out to Morecambe with Pat and Bob.

Such a great break - we felt we had been away for a long weekend, when it wasn't even 24 hours!  Great for the soul.