North Western Hall Hotel Liverpool

... details and then all was well.
Actually no.All was not well.I am sorry said a very polite woman at emirates,your bank has blocked your card.NOOOOO.
Oh well I would have to contact my bank.
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.
Overton, England, United Kingdom chiangmaigreg

... by the canal. Further up the canal we watched narrow baots coming through the Wharton lock and picked blackberries while we waited.
We visited Tattenhall market for some homemade goodies and stopped on the way home for creak tea at Tarporley! Great day.

... which were pretty impressive. They call them "the illuminations". Will try and put some pics up. There were even horses pulling pumpkin-style coaches, and the trams were all lit up like steam trains and boats.

Mum and I took a stroll up the coast and down the boardwalks. I was amazed that even though the weather was perfect for staying snuggled up on the couch in pyjamas there were HEAPs of people out and about. The pier had amusement arcades ...

As part of it's "People in the Community" scheme, Everton football club sent along one of its new star players to the local Asylum (loony bin) to meet some of the patients and bring some cheer!.
that player was Marouane Fellaini....
Each "fan" has their own story, here we look at each of them in detail to bring us valuable insight into the minds of the damned...

Albert is 77 years old and a big fellaini fan,"meeting fellnani was ...

... so that is where I went to. The museum was pretty much what you would expect of a museum. It started in their younger years and worked its way up. Along with pictures and Beatles memorabilia. I didn't know too much about them other than the basics. I learned that the drummer(Ringo Starr) wasn't the original drummer at first but was later inserted when they were about to be big. What a lucky guy! Learned that they got into the drug scene ...

... and just say I was in character. Niiiice. So along with my friends Marilyn Monroe, Aladin (along with Abu the monkey), Edward Scissorhands, Amy Whinehouse and Twiggy, I made myself across town to a venue called Nation for the Bestival Reunion Tour, containing the likes of Kissy Sell-Out, Rob Da Bank and some band called the Presets (it was Liverpool Music Week fyi). Double Niiiice. So we hung out there for a bit, got swalled, made my way to the front of the ...

Yikes Guys! Have we had our fill of siteseeing! We are now staying with the Duttons, our friend's family and they are awesome. Oddly enough, they remind me of the English version of the Lawtons! We got here yesterday after staying up all night at the airport. Lisa met us at the airport and brought us home ...

... say, my trip to Liverpool was complete and I was so happy to have changed my trip schedule to be able to stay in Liverpool longer. Now it is off to London on a 3 hour train ride through the countryside of England as the journey continues.............................. ..................... .......

... are on the agenda for that. While I'm on the course, which is for 4 weeks, I'll be staying with a Bolivian family. Im still trying to think of something nice to take for them as a gift when I arrive...nah...who am I kidding, I'm special enough...lol! (seriously though, any ideas would be great if you fancy messaging me). From there, I've not made any plans and I have around 5 weeks to swan around as I wish, get into trouble and get involved in some Guerrilla ...