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    • TravelerGo to Highlands
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      Day 4

      Liverpool: last evening

      July 11, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 16 °C

      Nachdem für heute Abend kein Regen mehr angesagt war, haben wir uns zum Dinner nochmal zur Brasco Lounge gewagt, wo es uns nachmittags so gut gefallen hatte.
      Tuesday ist hier nämlich Tapas day: es gibt zur Auswahl von drei Tapas zum Festpreis noch ein Glas Wein 🍷 gratis dazu.
      Die Churros haben wir uns zum Schluss allerdings geteilt 😍      Read more

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    • TravelerUnited Kingdom
      111
      Day 32

      Liverpool tour

      September 6, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      Liverpool is a maritime city in northwest England, where the River Mersey meets the Irish Sea. A key trade and migration port from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, it's also, famously, the hometown of The Beatles. Ferries cruise the waterfront, where the iconic mercantile buildings known as the "Three Graces" – Royal Liver Building, Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building – stand on the Pier Head.Read more

    • TravelerDie Britische Insel
      Day 36

      Conwy, Liverpool

      June 10, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

      Laut ADAC-Karte schien es sich bei dem Städtchen Conwy um ein kleines Juwel zu handeln und das war nicht übertrieben. Es beeindruckten sowohl die imposante Burg des 13. Jhd., davor die elegante Hängebrücke als auch die vollständig erhaltene Stadtmauer mit 22 Stadttürmen. In der Altstadt fanden wir dann "unser Zuhause", denn die beiden daran befindlichen Straßenschilder tragen die Namen "Rosemary Lane" und "Victoria Terrace".
      Aber wir wollten noch heute nach Liverpool kommen, was auch zügig gelang und direkt in den Liverpool Docks fanden wir einen Parkplatz, ABER: "nicht für Wohnmobile"! 100 m weiter eine Parklücke an einer ruhigen Straße, in die wir passen! Es war heiß und schwül, so dass wir lieber erst einmal eine Ruhepause einlegten, bevor wir das restaurierte Hafenviertel, Albertdock, Tate Liverpool und die City per Pedes ansteuerten. Auch das Beatles-Museum lag am Weg, hatte aber schon geschlossen. Bei einer Steinskulptur schoss sofort der Begriff "Stongenge 2.0" durch den Kopf.
      Man sieht dieser Stadt noch immer an, dass sie einmal ein Industrieschwerpunkt war, was aber nach dem 2. WK stark zurückging und in einer tiefen Depression mit viel Arbeitslosigkeit endete (heute setzt man sehr auf Tourismus). Und es sei erinnert: Anfang des 18. Jhd. gründete sich ihr Reichtum auf die massenweise Ausfuhr heimischer Güter nach Afrika - und auf die Barbarei des Sklavenhandels, deren europäische Hauptstadt Liverpool einst war.
      In der folgenden Nacht machten wir kaum ein Auge zu, die Ruhe hier am letzten Zipfel der Docks hatten wir absolut überschätzt, denn in der Nacht von Sa auf So kommen nun mal zu jeder Nachtzeit die Bewohner nach Hause und da rauschten fast im Minutentakt Autos und Taxis durch unser Schlafzimmer! Am Morgen wollten wir nur noch weg. Die beiden Kathedralen waren nicht mehr so wichtig, es zog uns mal wieder raus aus der Stadt.      Read more

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    • Knights of the Island
      Day 5

      😢😩🫣

      May 17, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      Ich bin raus…..😩
      Wie so oft hat mir mein Rücken einen Streich gespielt. Die ersten 2000 km war ich gut dabei. Dann waren die Schlaglöcher und 10 Stunden Autofahren am Tag einfach zu viel. Sitze jetzt in Liverpool und warte auf meinen Rückflug. Mein tapferer Linksfahrer wird euch weiterhin mit Bildern von dieser wunderschönen Insel versorgen . Miss you Honey …. Fahr vorsichtig 😘Read more

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    • Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winter
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      Day 7

      Liverpool

      October 5, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      The Royal Albert Dock and Cruising with the Fab Four:

      Went on an incredible sing-along Beatles bus tour (where I was the youngest by a long shot), then explored the museums around the Royal Albert Dock. The British Music Museum, Maritime Museum, and the Beatles Museum (got to go inside yellow submarine!), all of which are located in the former warehouse buildings surrounding Liverpool's historical main Dock.

      Fun Fact of the Day: Why should you always visit the bakery before visiting a European Royal family? Because they're all into-bread.      Read more

    • Making Lemonade
      Day 14

      Fab Four Espresso

      September 2, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 73 °F

      When the Liverpudlian barista asked who my favorite Beatle is, I thought she was just making conversation, but no: she had a stencil! (I don’t really have a favorite, but I said George since he’s the mystical one and his songs introduced me to the sitar.)Read more

    • Willem Johannes ImhofLiverpool
      Day 1

      Liverpool Merseyside Maritime Museum

      March 28, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Merseyside Maritime Museum is in the Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool. It contains a variety of objects associated with the social and commercial history of the port of Liverpool.

      liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime-museum      Read more

    • Suzie and Nik Do The UK
      Day 13

      Semi Final 1 Family Show

      May 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

      Suzie - This is the final dress rehearsal show for the semi final 1 of Eurovision!! I must admit when I opened the door to go down to the floor where we had tickets, I closed the door again and said 'no'!! It was too beautiful, too magical and I was in disbelief that we was actually here!!

      I was in the third row on the floor and could see pretty well despite being short. Then some very tall men, let me stand in front of them 😀 My ankles messed up badly, despite painkillers being taken beforehand and so after standing for four hours, dancing and singing, it was a welcome relief to sit down after! A shout out to Ray and Zoe from Birmingham who we met in the mosh pit, you are fabulous!!

      Then we went to the Eurovillage 💜 I love that place, all Eurovision fans from around the world, kind and supportive 😀😀😀 We watched semi final 1 live and while I'm gutted that Latvia and Malta didn't qualify and Croatia somehow did, it was a fantastic night. So cold though on the Mersey!! We were grateful to get back to Chester and a warm bed!!      Read more

    • Suzie and Nik Do The UK
      Day 15

      Eurovision Second Semi Final

      May 11, 2023 in England ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

      Suzie - Today we set off a little earlier to get to the M&S Arena in Liverpool for the second semi final so we could get on the barrier (front row on the floor) as my ankles/knees and Nik's back can't take 4-5 hours without sitting down and success!! It was a lot better than Tuesday when we didn't get to the barrier in time 😀😀

      It was a fantastic show with performances from Poland, Iceland, Cyprus, Australia, Austria, Armenia, Slovenia, Belgium, Georgia, Greece, Denmark, Romania, Lithuania, San Marino, Estonia and Albania with Australia qualifying along with Albania, Armenia, Poland, Austria, Slovenia, Cyprus, Belgium, Lithuania and Estonia. Woooooo!!! Saturday's show is going to be absolutely fabulous!!!!

      We had intended to drop some jackets and warmer clothes off in a bag at a luggage storage facility, go to the Arena, go back to the luggage storage facility, put warmer clothes on and hit Eurovillage to watch semi final 2 there, however the weather had other plans and it bucketed down so Nik and I decided to go back to Chester, grabbed some drinks and snacks to watch semi final 2 in the hotel room, which we have just done 😀😀😀

      It's time for bed!! I'm too excited for Saturday as tomorrow it's back to Liverpool for brunch with other Australian Eurovision fans, posting items back to Australia and washing clothes!! Woooo!!! Not many pics today though!!

      Nik - We left super early to stow some warm clothes at a luggage storage place called bounce. We had been so cold at the village during semi 1 we wanted to be prepared and made sure we'd be warm, expecially since I feel like I've picked up a mild head cold. And also in an attempted to line up for the arena early in the hopes of getting a barrier position.

      In the line up at the area we both felt we were a little further back than we had been for semi 1 so I honestly didn't think we'd get the coveted barrier position. But we did! And it made it so much easier on us both having the barrier to lean on. It was a great relief.

      It was a awesome show, though it is true that Semi 2 was the weaker of the two semi's.

      As always I'm fascinated by watching all the behind the scenes things. The stage crew doing their work setting up and taking down all the sets, the cameras whizzing about. Then there is feeling the heat of the flames when they use the fire jets. We were right in the thick of it.

      When we left the show it was raining lighty. We got the bag of warm clothes we had stowed at a luggage minding place and the rain started to get heavier. We made the tough call to skip the village. Your not allowed to take umbrella's into the village and there would be nowhere dry to sit. A bit disapointing but but with me having the sniffles and the rain it was the sensible choice. We grabbed some snacks at the train station on the way back then settled into the comfort and warmth of our room with a hot drink to watch semi 2 on the tv.

      But the extra good news is.......

      AUSTRALIA MADE IT TO THE FINAL!!!!!!!!!
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      Awesome news.

      This year is currently the last year Australia is contracted to be in Eurovision and many of us have been on edge as to if we'd be invited back. Nothing official but we've heard on the grapevine that the BBC is keen to have us back. No word how SBS or the Australian contingent feels though. Fingers crossed.      Read more

    • Suzie and Nik Do The UK
      Day 17

      Eurovision Grand Final - Family Show

      May 13, 2023 in England ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      Nik - We we're up and out of the hotel early this morning hoping to get a good spot in the line up. ( I personally think we should have left earlier....but we do need to get some sleep. 😴

      There were perhaps 20 - 25 people ahead Better than I expected to be honest. (But there was several lines too.) But then there was some issue with the e-tickets reader resulting in other people getting ahead of me and Suzie and I getting seperated.

      I managed to catch up...only to get seperated again in the crush to get through the doors and the rush down the stairs. This time we didn't manage to catch up again. I honestly don't know how but Suzie ended up all the way over on the other side of the stage. And in the crush of people there was no way in hell I could have made it over to her. (Though she said later she had saved me a spot.)

      The show was (to be expected) freaking awesome. Got to see some Eurovision royalty perform. Daði Freyr, Verka Serduchka, Netta Barzilai, Sam Ryder (who came second last year) and of cause last year's winner Kalush. So damn awesome.

      I didn't manage to make it to the barrier, so my back and legs were yelling by the end. I was just trying to take it all in. The atmosphere in the arena is the stuff that dreams are made of. Being among that many Eurovision fans is breathtaking. Totally worth my aching legs and back.

      Also ...the people in the Albert Dock area as we came out of the show was unbelievable. A carpet of people. I asked Suzie how we would describe the crowd to those back home. What we came up with was....imagine the Ekka on People's Day. Increase the area covered by at least four times, and multiply the people by about 10, and you *might* come close.      Read more

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