Liverpool, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Last minute panic....
Oct 21, 2003 (6 photos)

Right we're off this morning.... Flight via Zurich to Hong Kong then into China..... We have wizzed round England and Wales in the last few weeks, apologies if we didn't make it to see you, some piccys above, sorry Chris... Rachel's brother got ...

Home or Beer
Mar 14, 2005

The two weeks plus back in the north of England was spent reminding my parents what their youngest son looked like and catching up with the few friends that remain in (or have returned to) the north. I also reminded myself how vastly superior properly ...

The Little Things
Apr 1, 2004 (1 photos)

********************************* It's over Rented a luxury flat and bought the biggest white fluffy robes imaginable; ate chocolate, drank horlicks and then.... ...time for another adventure! **********************************

Hard Day's Ride
Aug 3, 2006 (10 photos)

... all right, I don't fight it, I just let it be. We were on the road for less time than yesterday and we reached Liverpool around 1.30pm. I should have known better than to trust road signs but between the two of us we can work it out. There's a place ...

here, there and everywhere
Mar 5, 2004 (5 photos)

... drive.) I made myself lots of spaghetti at the little kitchen in the hostel there. I like food that's cheap! I'm now in Liverpool. There's a massively huge cathedral here I went and saw plus visited some of the museums. I went and saw a Beatles tribute ...

Two month to go.......
Nov 8, 2006 (12 photos)

Thats right its a full two months before I'm hitting the road Jack and I've packed my bags already, now is that a little bit too keen or what, making sure I've got all the essentials like dice to help me with my decision making, my karma sutra book and ...

Four weeks to go!
Jan 23, 2006

... exotic like Hong Kong! Everyone's invited to our leaving do on Saturday 11th February where we'll be dining over in Liverpool, followed by some drunken antics around town - hopefully Greene will get his caterpillar dance out for one last time before we ...

The ryan air experiance
Jan 12, 2007

Well we landed in sardina with quite a bump bloody hell we all thought are number was up on landing, mark was smigging red wine from the bottle we hit the ground with such force mark was screaming like a girl.   we picked up our niffty ...

beatles, cathedrales, and very modern art
Nov 2, 2006 (5 photos)

liverpool showed me an interesting mix- from the stunning albert dock, i took the magical mystery tour, visited a pretty unique cathedrale and saw an exhibition of artworks in public spaces livening up the streets.

Pre-trip jitters, quivvers and thoughts!
Sep 28, 2006

Panic is setting in and bowels are beginning to block. I can't comprehend the thought of being stuck in a jungle village when they eventually drop. Well, it's 2 weeks to go and i'm all set to experience something that could quite possibly change my ...

Sofia to Dublin to Belfast to Liverpool... phew.
May 20, 2009 (101 photos)

... of Doug's labour). All things considered, I think I got the good deal, by being employed. So, at the moment, we are still here in Liverpool, attempting to save as much money as we can so we can knock a few more things off our to do list. This year, we'd ...

The time is flight
Oct 26, 2006

Where did I leave you that was right I was trying to sort out my on line visa, well guess what I think Ive cracked it, the computer screen that is, I knew I was hitting it to hard. Ive decided to go for the 12 month visa because I couldn't be bothered ...

Liverpool
Feb 2, 2007 (2 photos)

... . We saw a fair few of the tourist spots including the Albert Docks, The Cavern (where The Beatles used to play), Liverpool Cathedral, Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields. Finally got see my nan and some uncles, auntys and cousins after 8yrs since ...

Itinerary
Jun 14, 2005

Finally, after what seems like weeks of planning, we've more or less finalised the itinerary! This is (roughly) it: Liverpool-Venice : stay in Venice for a couple of nights Venice - Ljubljana (Slovenia) : Stay in Ljubljana for two nights Ljubljana - ...

Wirral and Wales
Apr 4, 2008

Last weekend we went down to visit Nab and Nat where were up the week before. It took us quite a while to get down there......we were expecting about 5hrs but after the girls had picked up Phil and then me I was in the front directing...after a few pints ...

Ferry across Irish Sea to Wales
Nov 28, 2006 (3 photos)

Arrive in Wales. Tuesday. Transfer to Merchant Taylors School (2 nights). Wednesday. Anfield, Liverpool FC. Thursday. Hockey v Merchant Taylor's School.

Another World
Dec 4, 2003 (12 photos)

Hello !!! Here some of my thoughts from my recent trip to Morocco. Certainly a different way of life, almost another world. I travelled with six other people to Morocco. We all met in Granada. It was a spontaneous decison to go. I enjoyed the ...

Liverpool
May 22, 2007

... building is a huge, round, almost hat-shaped building, unlike any other church I have seen... It's actually quite spectacular. Liverpool (anglican) Cathedral, on the other hand, is a monstrous yet ornate tower (I think it may be the largest/tallest church ...

Currency exchange rates
Jun 11, 2006

In the travelogue entries I will be detailing the cost of some things in the local currency. As a guide here is the rough equivalent to 1GBP in each currency at the time of travel: Singapore: 1GBP = 3 SGD Malaysia: 1GBP = 6.5 MYR Australia: 1GBP = ...

Anfield (via Chester)
Mar 25, 2006 (5 photos)

... Woke up early and did a brisk walk about the town before I caught the Merseyrail to Anfield. Anfield, the famous home of Liverpool Football Club, is located just off of Stanley Park and a stones throw away from Goodison Park, home of their city rivals ...

Home - The SVONE, a summary
Aug 10, 2004

Greeted by my parents and Nana, we piled into the car back home to Warry. And so all thats left is a little summary of our jolly jaunt around the Northern and Western section of Europe. In order of preference then: Switzerland Germany France Norway ...

dando uma voltinha
Jan 26, 2008 (3 photos)

... se fazer tudo que se planeja ou quer quando se viaja com alguem. Alguma amiga da menina tinha falado muito bem de Liverpool, tinha dito que "amava a cidade", ela so esqueceu de dizer o que exatamente deveriamos fazer por la. Acordamos, saimos da ...

Ever Try and Talk To a Drunken Welsh Man?
Jun 14, 2006

... into a vintage bus from 1973 painted the same as the one in the movie and were taken to all the sights around Liverpool. Including Penny Lane and Strawberry Feilds. Our guide told us stories about him getting drunk with Paul McCartney and how his mom ...

A Unique Hostel Experience
Apr 11, 2008 (11 photos)

... particular you want to see. This was a presentation, scripted - with map pointing and historical facts - starting with what Liverpool is famous for, moving onto the various attractions and sights, and ending up with an "any questions" type finale. ...

Let It Be....Liverpool....
Jun 2, 2008 (2 photos)

It was a Hard Days Night....in LIVERPOOL cuz that's totally where we are. And we totally peed today in the Hard Days Night Hotel beucase well that's all we cold afford to do at that hotel. Then we went to the original and the replica Cavern and had a cold ...

Getting ready to go
Jun 10, 2006

Getting ready to go I have been preparing for the past few weeks (one of my favourite parts of going away! The excitement!). There have been several things I have done to get ready: 1. Information - great to borrow books from the library to save ...

Let it Be...
Jan 25, 2006 (38 photos)

... (Paris and venice.. :o) ) and Booked flights to my Tuscan Easter Getaway..Mmm...Can't wait. The following pictures are from Liverpool, the Museum, and Kareoke Night at Footage last night... Keep following..I'm having more adventures everyday... :o)

Liverpool rocks
Sep 26, 2005

... on so that's a relief. Still plenty of shell suits for the men but much less of them. Perhaps Liverpool's world renowned satorial elegance is disappearing under the onslaught of globalisation and increasing homogenisation of our high streets? Well I ...

Liverpool
Apr 19, 2007

Cavern Club is a dream come true and the city is all red as Liverpool FC face AC Milan in the Champions League Final later in the week.

Final preparations
Jun 22, 2005 (2 photos)

Revised itinerary We have slightly revised the itinerary, here it is: Liverpool - Venice Venice - Trieste - Rijeka - Stari Grad Stari Grad - Dubrovnik Dubrovnik - Split - Budapest Budapest - Bratislava (probably) Bratislava - Vienna (probably) ...