{"id":5056,"date":"2017-12-18T10:58:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T00:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/?p=5056"},"modified":"2017-12-05T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T01:36:09","slug":"need-to-know-where-to-find-icecream-in-leeds-read-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/2017\/12\/18\/need-to-know-where-to-find-icecream-in-leeds-read-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Need to know where to find icecream in Leeds? Read on&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan W<br \/>\n(BCI student Majoring in Drama, Minors in Scenography and Literature)<br \/>\nLeeds University, UK<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Leeds is an extraordinary place it has the same population as my home city, the Gold Coast except its city centre is perhaps the same size as one of the suburbs. Everything is small and cramped. This is not necessarily a bad thing, it\u2019s a more of a cultural difference \u2013 a heritage difference.<\/p>\n<p>The buildings are quaint, the grass is (actually) green, unlike Australia and the air in England is fresh. There many boutique stores and lots and lots of cool book stores. Visit all of them if you\u2019re a book lover and make sure to visit my personal favourite <em>Water Stones<\/em>, it\u2019s right in the heart of town near a giant supermall called <em>Trinity Leeds<\/em> \u2013 where all your shopping needs will come true.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5054\" style=\"width: 723px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5054\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-5.jpg 723w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-5-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heritage buildings in Leeds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are numerous stores near campus where students can buy takeaway food and groceries at Tesco (IGA equivalent) and Morrisons (Coles and Woolworths) \u2013 they even have ALDI which is around a 25-minute walk behind the campus. I suggest Morrisons for big shops and Tesco for those late-night snack appetites.<\/p>\n<p>There are two Tesco\u2019s on the outer rim of the campus for students \u2013 they are open to 11pm at night and are your lifeline in ice-cream deprived situations \u2013 <em>Ben and Jerry\u2019s <\/em>and <em>Hagan Daz<\/em> are so cheap in comparison to Australia \u2013 so is cheese. One thing that was noticeable was that food is a lot cheaper to buy in England than in Australia. That&#8217;s always a plus when exams stress kicks in!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-6-e1512436054638.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5057 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/qut-exchange-students\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-6-e1512436054638.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-6-e1512436054638.jpg 556w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-6-e1512436054638-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.qut.edu.au\/gone-global\/files\/2017\/12\/Pic-6-e1512436054638-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan W (BCI student Majoring in Drama, Minors in Scenography and Literature) Leeds University, UK &nbsp; Leeds is an extraordinary place it has the same population as my home city, the Gold Coast except its city centre is perhaps the same size as one of the suburbs. Everything is small and cramped. This is not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5280,5246,212,12000,450],"tags":[212,12000],"class_list":{"0":"post-5056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-england","7":"category-europe","8":"category-food","9":"category-leeds","10":"category-student-life","11":"tag-food","12":"tag-leeds"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Need to know where to find icecream in Leeds? 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