Liverpool John Moores Budget Accommodation

Due to airline weight restrictions we are only allowed 23kg of luggage each - have they never seen the amount of shoes & home comforts a girl needs for a month away from home??? Tony can make do with one pair of shorts, a t shirt & a change of underwear, but Debs - get real!!!

To make matters worse to take anything over the limit the airline want $50 a ...

Well, as I will no doubt be running round like a mad woman tomorrow I thought it best to start this today! My last full day at home for some time. I am packed and ready to go!!

I am very nervous and cant really think of anything beyond tonight at the ...

... a journal whilst im over there so I will hopefully be able to type it up when I get back (In December!)

There is a blog set up for Raleigh In India ... so if you have a nose at that over the next few weeks you will be able to read what im getting up to (and maybe see some photos!!)
the link is
http://raleighindia.blogspot.com/

you can leave comments too (which will be printed out for me to read !!!)

... that the Titanic had sunk. I didn't even know it had anything to do with Liverpool The Superlambbanna - This is a lovely piece of art that i guess is a pretty big deal in Liverpool. Its a half lamb and half banana that has been in the city forever and it was supposed to warn against what might happen if we mess with genetic engineering. I LOVE IT! I guess thats pretty much all we saw. There is still the Magical Mystery Tour that we have to do when we go back... the ...

... The Rolling Stones, Queen, and, although he doesn't rate in the same stratosphere, Mr Rachael Hunter. From there, we had to get across to the brand new Echo Arena for "Imagine - The Concert." It was a charity event with famous local bands, past and present, and all in honour of, yep, The Beatles. When you bought a ticket you got a wig with it, so 80% of the audience had the same hair style. There were people dressed up - two different groups of guys had ...

Right, so we go back to England from USA and i went back to Airbus for a few months till we leave for our round the world trip again and manage to sell the house. That is done so have also arranged to get a pay off for leaving Airbus so helps with the travel budget. Its been ...

... we went on most of the main street's pubs, with an interessant mix of traditionnal pubs and new stylish bars playing electro music.

Anfield Road

Here we are: Match day! Its a real difference with what you can feel in Switzerland on a match day (where just 2-3 people talk about the game). Here on the match day everyone walk in the streets showing their colours (red for Liverpool and blue for Everton), people speaks only about the game ...

... before leaving so I had no idea where the hotels were relative to the main attractions of each city. It was too early to check into my room because it was not ready so I was thrilled to find out that the Cavern was only two blocks away. I left my luggage behind the ...

... to school for the Netball games. The Netball girls played both Merchant Taylor's School (the B Team) and Sacred Heart College (the A Team). Great Games with Toorak winning both games. On the day that we were leaving we were due to depart Liverpool at 9.00am. One of the mothers called to say that her car had broken down and as she was a long way out (with Eliza and Izzy in the car) the group went ...

John took me to Blackpool. He may have wanted to show me a UK beach resort. The street along the beach was full of decorations. I took a picture of his profile in the car. It was just a memory of Blackpool. We were on the way from Preston, where we met his old friend, and John talked about the word "love", because people there used "love" meaning "you" very often, when they talk to someone, like "Good morning, love!". That sounded awkward to him.