Blogs from Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 9

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This multimedial museum I have visited two times. Free entry. Me and my friends noticed the most part of exhibition is regarding Titanic - the huge transatlantic liner which sunk during its first voyage throught North Atlantic. Second bigger topic of exhibition is submarines from WW2 times. In addiction to that museum we might visit in two different ones located in Albert Dock. All of the are multimedial. ... read more

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 the Museum 2 and Confessions of a Shop Aholic The German hosties were very friendly, although their English was not to brag about, talk about eat, they fed us with so much food we couldn't eat the last meal, and the booze was flowing very freely as well. Robert enjoyed a couple or three beers - "Wersteiner" very nice he said, more than ... read more

For Wednesday, May 27, I had booked a tour of John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s childhood homes. I booked it for 10:00 am, and the price was 16 pounds. You can’t visit the homes without booking a tour through the National Trust, who owns both of them. Turns out, Yoko Ono bought John’s childhood home a while back and donated it to the National Trust. Apparently Paul McCartney has not been back to his home, which he moved into when he was about 13. So, I walked over to the docks from my hostel that morning, which was probably like a 20-25 minute walk. We (the people who signed up for the tour) were supposed to meet at the Jury Inn. I took pictures along the way, arrived early, and after asking someone at reception where ... read more

As of Sunday morning: Boy, this is a non-stop 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 street festival with 6 stages running concurrently with new performers every hour from 11 am to about 8 pm. at the same time the fringe festival kicks off for 2 days from noon to midnight across 13 venues. the fringe festival is more the latest music and teeny bopper stuff. of course the Beatles week music venues across the city are still going strong with the Cavern ... read more