http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Merseyside en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 22:19:20 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 22:19:20 +0000 When I was told that I would be sent to UK for training one of the things that excited me the most was visiting LIVERPOOLThe birthplace of the greatest band in the land As early as getting my visa I can imagine the Abbey Road scenario with my brothers and my father. For sure i would be envied upon ahem Rykiel Nance. True enough when they learned that I will be sent onshore it's neverendi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-457224.html 24 hour Liverpudlian AdventureBeing a fan of the Beatles my friend Alma and I decided to go to Liverpool for a weekend since the National Express tickets were only 12GBP return.The ride to Liverpool took about 5 hours from London left London at 8am and got there at 1pm for our adventure. It rained the whole time we were there and because we were travellers on budget we WALKED to our BB. It http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-456792.html I arrived in Liverpool Thursday around lunch time and after answering about 100 questions about why I was visiting the UK I took the bus to my friend's apartment. It was SO nice to hear and speak English I could actually understand what passerbyers were saying.. It was a refreshing break although Liverpoolians yeah I made that up are a little but hard to understand. I met Maria in the Outer http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-446645.html With a chance for some serious overtime to bump up the bank balance we cancelled our weekend plans with Jean Mike and headed for Liverpool after work Friday first stop the O2 in London for a work freebie Afrika Afrika. It meant a drive through the night to get to Liverpool to start early Saturday morning but was worth it. Amazing show bit like Cirque de Soleil is supposed to be. Definately http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-445009.html hi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-440227.html Hi all http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-440222.html What a great day we have had today. Decided to stay in Liverpool an extra nite as there is too much to do in only 2 nites.Hannah wanted to go on the Wacker Quacker anyone know what this is It took us on a tour of Liverpool showing us some of the beautiful old buildings churches cathredrals and city monuments. Fantastic architecture. Then we entered the waters of the Albert Docks and we http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-435964.html Our flight from Hong Kong to Manchester with Lufthansa was a day flight so we didn't need to sleep too much. Although Hannah's body clock was confused and she slept absolutely anywhere she could and at times was a wlking zombie. It was a 747 plane but didn't have any inflight entertainment like Air NZ it did have radio and movies on a big screen. Hannah watched The Tale of Desperaux Night at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-434984.html It was then onto Liverpool where we ate dinner in a quaint lil street lsquoLark Lanersquo. The pub we chose to eat at served fantastic food however a white wine was served after requesting a red and a beef burger came in place of the ordered chicken burger We didnrsquot think our Australian accent was that hard to understandhellipWalking back to the gorgeous lsquoUllet Suitesrsquo w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-434682.html For Wednesday May 27 I had booked a tour of John Lennon and Paul McCartneyrsquos childhood homes. I booked it for 1000 am and the price was 16 pounds. You canrsquot visit the homes without booking a tour through the National Trust who owns both of them. Turns out Yoko Ono bought Johnrsquos childhood home a while back and donated it to the National Trust. Apparently Paul McCartney has n http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-434607.html Last night we went to see The Searchers at The Cavern Club. It was the last event of Beatles Week. They sang some of their tunes from the 60's.This afternoon we went to the Liverpool Museum because yesterday on the tour Johnnie was told about a very special recording that is there. It is of the song that John was singing when he fist met Paul at a St.Peter's Church afternoon tea back on July 6 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-433210.html As of Sunday morningBoy this is a nonstop place during the Beatles week. today the trade fair and convention started. the hotel is packed with people looking at the vendor tables listening to guest speakers and as usual bands playing in a number of venues in the hotel. It runs like most conventions get your package pick your spreakers presentations and go.Also today starts the Mathew st http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-432352.html Dias 12 e 13 Liverpool realizou duas tarefas que o Rio de Janeiro ainda sonha em realizar. Enquanto o Rio tenta mostrar ao mundo que no apenas carnaval Liverpool j consegue mostrar que no to somente a cidade onde os Beatles surgiram. E fez isso justamente atravs daquela que a eterna promessa dos prefeitos cariocas a revitalizao da zona porturia. Mas Liverpool no quer que os Beat http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-431909.html we are in liverpool. came up on the train. it took 2 hrs 15 min to go the 173 miles. i thought that was moving pretty fast for a train. on the news the rail system is talking about building a new line that will allow 200 miles per hour so liverpool will be less than an hour and they were saying that it would be fast enough so that you could comute to london from scotland. i quess we are a tad beh http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-431803.html Saturday 1st AugustMy god August has arrived crikey I have to go back to work by the end of this month Alas this morning we get wake up calls at 5.15am...... by mistake.... so as a result I am up and ready by 6am and breakfast not till 6.30am This is because this morning we are catching the ferry to Holyhead which is where we arrive around 11.30... hooray some sunshine So http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-426494.html in a Liverpudlian Travel Lodge Only 3 hours until I set off for the train to Liverpool We were supposed to be leaving tommorow but the lovely people of East Midlands trains decided to strike so rather than risk it I decided to start my adventure a day earlier Which just makes everything all exciting. I'm all packed and ready to go my backpack is SO heavy 13.6kg to be precise carry that i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-422252.html Not The Only Reason To Go To Liverpoolhellip But A Good One None The Less.Arriving in Liverpool with a minimum of fuss I took a walk through the city to familiarise myself with the layout. Itrsquos a city with some character thatrsquos for sure Down the main street there is some classic architecture around such as St George Hall and the museum just behind it all over shadowed by another http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-414542.html The founder of the Sunlight Soap empire Lord Leverhulme funded the Lady Lever Art Museum in West Kirby that we visited with Sene. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-413464.html Visited Liverpool which has grown beyond some singing insects and named ldquoThe European Capital of Culturerdquo in 2008. Indunee sang at a Church choir while we window shopped at the Liverpool One outdoor mall and did sight seeing at the dock yards. Saw some Morris dancers outside a pub a rare sight these days. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-413256.html Today dawned brighter than we have seen for the past few days and prospects of a dry day for our trip to Liverpool seemed OK.Outside there is the usual Sunday activity with people with ricksacks on milling about the town getting ready to head off on the large number of hiking options that you can do from the town or nearby.With another hearty breakfast inside us we headed off with a plan to take a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Merseyside/Liverpool/blog-411041.html