Blogs from Merseyside, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 20

My first impression was of a city in shambles! Dirty, messy and tacky! Nevertheless, Liverpool is facing a major refurbishment and the whole city is being renovated. Loads of road work underway, making it almost impossible to drive in the center of the city. Pretty much everything is being refurbished and I guess that in a couple of months the city will look totally different. All that said, there are various nice building and sites. We dedicated most of our 2 days to visit the attractions related to the Beatles. We went to the Cavern pub and club, which is the place where they played for over 5 years and is also the place where they were playing when discovered by their producer. It is such a tiny place. We stayed in a guest house called ... read more

European Capital of Culture 2008? After a couple of hours on the oldest remaining railroad division in the world, we entered the Liverpool Lime Street station. During 2008, Liverpoool is denominatend the "European Capital of Culture". As a gothenburgian, remembering the strict prohibition of any construction project during the World Championships in Athletics 1995, I was very surprised to see that virtually the whole centre was a construction site! I read in the local paper that the City council had demanded money from the government, but didn't get everything they had been promised (according to the liberal democrats in charge). I guess that's why everything is delayed. We started out by going down through the city, slave trade walk-map in hand (not m... read more

We've arrived in Liverpool and are being graciously hosted by my aunt and uncle-in-common-law (i.e. Paul's aunt and uncle) for the night. It was rather strange to wake up on a Monday morning, at the same time I'd normally be heading for work, and getting dressed out of a backpack. The trip down was relatively uneventful, although I must admit that at the moment we somewhat resemble a travelling carnival, or, at the very least, the road crew for Les Miserables. Lest anyone confuse me for a green and inexperienced traveller who packed everything under the sun, I'd like to point out that we're leaving a few things at Jacob and Mari's place down in Oxford tomorrow night. We're also giving them our food processor, so in addition to our packs, we're lugging around a Debenhams ... read more

So here we are after months of planning, FINALLY on to our second trip to India, as I said on the profile - This is not a definite guide - a you must do - its the story of 2 people travelling around India for a couple of weeks Dec 2007. The reason for doing it (the blog that is...) sometimes guide books are not enough plus we learned so much by reading other peoples blogs so thought we would like to share our journey. We are 2 normal people with normal jobs doing normal things :) We are Chris who will be known as DK (Dark Kent) and me, Gill, known as the BL (Blue Lady) him for his ability to tan and me for my ability not to!!! Yes I'll mention food and prices ... read more

It's not the leaving of Liverpool that hurts me so but my darling when I think of you. Well we've had to leave Anfield behind, but we're off for an anniversary scran, courtesy of G&H, at a little place Nick suggested in Kowloon, apparently yer have to ask for a beer on the QT because it's unlicensed, but the curry is meant to be spot on, before we head back over to Hong Kong island to join the Hong Kong reds for the Bolton game. We're staying at the 5* Harbour Plaza hotel in Whampoa, which was a boss leaving prezzy off Ste & Corinna, it's very plush with an executive suite and a roof top swimming pool, we've views out into Hong Kong harbour, and all the staff call yer sir! Attached some photo's from ... read more