MOUSTASHIE: Daytrippin' To Liverpool

DAYTRIPPIN' TO LIVERPOOL

To mark the end of what has been a very good week indeed, yesterday the sis and I decided to venture on the train to near-by Liverpool, where The Beatles, Cilla Black, Paul o'Grady and a whole lotta scouse-ness reign supreme. As some of my housemates and their friends were coming in from a wild night out and getting ready to go to bed, we were waking up and preparing to leave to catch our 9 o'clock train, which seems ridiculously early from the perspective of a gloomy Sunday morning. Anyhow, we made it on time and criss-crossed over to the West coast (unfortunately not as glamorous as that belonging to our friends across the pond) ready to begin our day. However for some strange reason, neither my sister nor I factored in the small possibility that it might actually rain during our daytrip, and so walking out of the station into Liverpool city centre to a greeting of pouring rain and blistering ice cold winds came as quite a surprise. Turns out good ol' Blighty is sharing some of the winter 2.0 that's battering America right now, hence the rather unfortunate weather we endured yesterday. But anyhow, what can you do but laugh about it and carry on through, because whether it be rain or shine, Liverpool is a truly amazing city, as my sister and I were reminded yesterday.

We first visited Liverpool in October 2013, and subsequently fell in love with the city and have been meaning to make our return ever since. It's a beautifully diverse and picturesque city full of culture, stories, stunning architecture both new and old, the friendliest of people, a seemingly endless list of things to do and explore, and if you haven't yet ventured up that way I'd whole-heartedly recommend it cos you will laaaaaav it. My sister and I didn't really come with a plan of what to do, and it ended up that our day was very much guided by both the weather and a little online exploration of Visit Liverpool whilst sat in a gorgeous little Wetherspoons we found for lunch. We ended up exploring most of the city, heading firstly to Cafe Nero for a cute early morning latte. We then battled our way down to the docks and explored Albert Docks, the Tate and Liverpool Museum, before heading back into town for lunch. After lunch we walked up near the Cathedral and discovered the amazing Bold Street (thanks to my course friend Chelsie for the recommendation) which was full of an eclectic mix of shops, cafes and restaurants, and then we walked back down to Liverpool One where we spent a few hours shopping and lusting after near enough every piece of clothing we saw. A hot chocolate in McDonalds (student lyf) finished our day and we finished by heading to Liverpool Lime Street to catch our train home to Manchester. Although the day wasn't perfect, it was still incredibly lovely and a lorra' lorra' fun (luv u Cilla Black), and I can't wait to visit Liverpool in the summertime when I'm sure it's even lovelier than normal. But till then, I'd love to share with you my photo diary from yesterday.....

http://www.visitliverpool.com/