Blackburne Arms Hotel Liverpool

Well I am happy to report that despite postal strikes I have my passport back and a multiple entry visa stamp inside.<br>I was so relieved to have the passport back.I really do not like to be parted from it.<br>All I have to do now is get through the next 4 weeks at work.Oh well I am sure I will manage.<br>Bye for now.

We headed back into Liverpool today and to an enormous park. It is called Sefton Park. In Sefton Park there is a boating lake, a Victorian glass house (The Palm House), a bronzed statue of Peter Pan, a ...

... when we on vacation.<br>Last time I went back to Thailand the flight had arrived in Chiang Mai and taxied to the stand.<br>An elderly gentleman who was getting some luggage from the overhead lockers looked down at me and asked if I was as excited as I looked.<br>When I told him how I was not just visiting CM but that this is the place I call home he stepped to one side and said that I should get off the plane as quickly as possible ...

... DW Stadium (JJB renamed - long story - you'll have to read the book I bought John on the life of Dave Whelan - he was a local who established JJB stadium for use by both league and football and has now set up his own company DW in competition with JJB in the sportsgoods business) and to watch the Kangaroos play in person. I've only ever watched them on TV. As John said, there was no real booming atmosphere, but the crowd was ...

... details and then all was well.<br>Actually no.All was not well.I am sorry said a very polite woman at emirates,your bank has blocked your card.NOOOOO.<br>Oh well I would have to contact my bank.<br>I got straight onto the phone,one of those premium numbers that cost a fortune and of course while I was waiting to speak with a person who could help me my phone ran out of credit.No worries I would just have to top it up using my,oh ohhh card.<br ...

... building I have ever seen- and it's creepy gloomy atmosphere only strengthens as you climb up that wretched hill to get to its grounds, which incorporate a big old creepy cemetary complete with a forboding tunnel of gravestones. Inside the church is the strangest statue of Jesus you have ever beheld and a bright pink neon light that says "I felt you and knew you loved me." I wanted to take a train to a happier place, but I settled for ...

Hello everybody This entry is essentially a test. A test to see if this wonderful technology will allow me to contribute to the blog using my mobile phone. This is all part of my preparations working towards our visit stateside. Gay would quite rightly point out that there are other far more pressing considerations other than ...

Sind die zwei Besuchswochen schon wieder vorbei? Muss ich echt in drei Wochen schon eine Marketing Hausarbeit abgeben und zwei andere Hausarbeiten eigentlich auch so gut wie fertig haben? Ist in vier Wochen schon wieder Weihnachten? Vergeht die Zeit in England so ...

... hard to keep possession. At half time we were winning 11 - 4, although it felt a lot closer than the score showed. The third quarter was tough and sacred heart came out firing. Our team motto 'hard work pays off' helped to lift the team and we played a superb last quarter, winning 12 - 34. Special thanks to Maree and Jess Denison for filling in for our team. They both lifted to the standard and slotted beautifully into the team.

... in a traditionally working class city, a club that has suffered the tragedies of deaths of its supporters through stadium overcrowding, an icon saddled with a bandwagon full of fans the world over who&#8217;ve never set foot inside their home ground &#8211; let alone the city. When Liverpool won the 1984 European Cup an easily influenced six year old boy living far, far away who had just started playing the sport jumped on that crowded ...