I slept well for a little over four hours on a plane that
was hot. I sleep better when it is cold,
but the warm temperature of the plane made me wake up a couple of times
sweating in my seat. What is the point of putting pillows and blankets at all
the seats when you plan on keep it at 90 degrees. Okay, I may be exaggerating a little, but,
come on!
I cleared customs and, after some confusion, found my
ride to Liverpool. I had a lovely
conversation with my English driver about British cuisine. I asked what type of food the English were
known for and all he said was “fish and chips.”
I know that but what else? To which I was informed that if he were
giving me recommendation on where I should eat in Manchester he knew a great
Italian and a great Chinese restaurant that I could go. I found this funny.
After a shower and a change of clothes it was time to hit
Liverpool. We walked the downtown area
and went to lunch. After lunch we
pounded the pavement some more until it was time to catch our Hop On/Off bus
tour of Liverpool. We really lucked up
on the weather. We sat atop the bus and
got some great shots of the city and the sights. Spread throughout the city are statues of
lambs with banana tails representing Liverpool’s biggest import and
export.
We bought a combo ticket that allowed us to catch the
Mersey Ferry tour of the river. While
on the ferry the clouds gathered and it poured rain. I was raining so hard that it was soaking the
deck floor of the ferry five to six feet in.
Several times it was hard to make out the shapes of the building on the
river banks.
After all that, we walked to the club were the Beatles
originally played. Interesting note
here: The club where the Beatles used to
play doesn’t exist anymore. The Cavern
Club was the name of the place the Beatles played over 200 times. It went
bankrupt in and was eventually demolished in 1973 to allow the construction of
a subway ventilation duct. What you now
see is a replica of the club built on roughly 75% of the original site and
constructed with bricks from the original club.
In 1997 a sculpture of John Lennon was placed outside the club. Of course we took our tourist photos with the
statue.
According to my FitBit I was pretty active and burned
2967 calories for the day. Not Bad!
Daily Recap:
Matt and Kelly: Pounding the pavement around Liverpool
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