A day trip to Liverpool
Two weeks ago some friends from Kaplan and I went on Saturday to visit Liverpool.
We decided to go by bus because it was the cheapest. We took the bus at 9 o'clock, if I remember correctly. We spent two hours more-or-less until we arrived in Liverpool. When we arrived in Liverpool we caught a map and marked the important places that it's necessary to visit if you go there.
In the morning we visited few museums, but we didn't enter in. Then, we went to visit the street and the pub where The Beatles became famous. The pub is called "the Cavern" and there are a lot of things about the Beatles. It was exciting to stay in this place!
After that, we went to see "the beach". Someone told us that in Liverpool there is a beach. I didn't understand anything because it 's impossible to see a beach in Liverpool. When we arrived at the beach, it was only a port, or something similar to that. It was OK, but I expected a beach like a Spanish beach, because I’m from Spain.
Then, we went to visit Chinatown and we decided to eat there. It was really difficult to decide the place to eat because all of them were very expensive. But we had a lot of time to decide because restaurants open at 12:00 and we wanted to eat at 11:30. We had to wait until that. Finally, we ate in a restaurant that it was not so good.
After eating we went to visit the Cathedral. On the one hand it’s very nice. But on the other hand it’s strange because there is a restaurant in the Cathedral. Near Cathedral there is a cemetery and 2 friends and I wanted to visit it. But other friends didn’t want it. They wanted to go to the wheel. Then, we decided to put together 2 groups: one of them went to the wheel, and the other went to cemetery. I went to the cemetery and it’s beautiful. Maybe it’s hard to say that a cemetery is beautiful, but in my opinion it is nice. It’s like a garden. In Spain, cemeteries are really dark and sad.
To conclude the day, we went to drink a beer and to spend time until the bus arrived to come back to Manchester at 5 o’clock.
By Laura Selles Villajos
We decided to go by bus because it was the cheapest. We took the bus at 9 o'clock, if I remember correctly. We spent two hours more-or-less until we arrived in Liverpool. When we arrived in Liverpool we caught a map and marked the important places that it's necessary to visit if you go there.
In the morning we visited few museums, but we didn't enter in. Then, we went to visit the street and the pub where The Beatles became famous. The pub is called "the Cavern" and there are a lot of things about the Beatles. It was exciting to stay in this place!
After that, we went to see "the beach". Someone told us that in Liverpool there is a beach. I didn't understand anything because it 's impossible to see a beach in Liverpool. When we arrived at the beach, it was only a port, or something similar to that. It was OK, but I expected a beach like a Spanish beach, because I’m from Spain.
Then, we went to visit Chinatown and we decided to eat there. It was really difficult to decide the place to eat because all of them were very expensive. But we had a lot of time to decide because restaurants open at 12:00 and we wanted to eat at 11:30. We had to wait until that. Finally, we ate in a restaurant that it was not so good.
After eating we went to visit the Cathedral. On the one hand it’s very nice. But on the other hand it’s strange because there is a restaurant in the Cathedral. Near Cathedral there is a cemetery and 2 friends and I wanted to visit it. But other friends didn’t want it. They wanted to go to the wheel. Then, we decided to put together 2 groups: one of them went to the wheel, and the other went to cemetery. I went to the cemetery and it’s beautiful. Maybe it’s hard to say that a cemetery is beautiful, but in my opinion it is nice. It’s like a garden. In Spain, cemeteries are really dark and sad.
To conclude the day, we went to drink a beer and to spend time until the bus arrived to come back to Manchester at 5 o’clock.
By Laura Selles Villajos
Pictures by Sungdo Lee. Click on the pictures below to see a large version.
Do you want to enjoy your weekend?
Go to Liverpool.
Liverpool is not far from Manchester. You can go there by train about one hour. Now I will intoduce you to some nice places about Liverpool.
Firstly, There is Beatles, who is the most famous band in the world, so you can meet them easily anywhere and can see many performances on the street. If you are bored and tired, go to pubs and listen music with beer. It’s one of methods that you can enjoy Liverpool trip. The Cavern Club is a lively pub because I have never been with live music in Manchester, but there is live music,so you can experience new type of pub. In addition enterance fee is free until 5 pm, so if you want to see just interior, you should go before 5pm and then there is a performance at night.
Secondly, there are two different type of cathedrals. One of them looks like a typical cathedral. It’s not only majestic but also it has a beautiful park around cathedral. I think this place is the best in Liverpool. It is peaceful and calm, so it makes you relax. The other is a modern cathedral. I have never seen like this before I saw that. Almost cathedrals look antique but it’s not. So if you compare each other, you can enjoy more.
Finally, there is Albert dock. That is not big, but you can see many different type of boats , some nice restraunts and museums like TATE, Beatles story around duck.
TATE is one of the most famous museums in the U.K. Actually, I didn’t go there, because I thought there is not free, but it’s free except special exhibition. So you have enugh time, you should go there. You can check what they exhibit on their website.
Beatles story is a museum about beatles, However, it’s not free, enterance fee is £12 for student. You can get detail information on this website.
There are more place aside from these where you can enjoy Liverpool like shopping centre which has sky park, many museums and nice buildings. There is the oldest china town in the U.K, but actually there are not what you can see, so if you don’t have time, you’d better skip there.
Liverpool is not a big city, therefore if you arrive there early, you can see for one day by walk without Anfield that is Liverpool stadium.It’s too far, so if you want to go there, you get on the bus.
My last piece of advice is before visiting Liverpool, listen to music by the Beatles, so you can experience more fun. Liverpool is Beatles city.
By Sungdo Lee
Liverpool is not far from Manchester. You can go there by train about one hour. Now I will intoduce you to some nice places about Liverpool.
Firstly, There is Beatles, who is the most famous band in the world, so you can meet them easily anywhere and can see many performances on the street. If you are bored and tired, go to pubs and listen music with beer. It’s one of methods that you can enjoy Liverpool trip. The Cavern Club is a lively pub because I have never been with live music in Manchester, but there is live music,so you can experience new type of pub. In addition enterance fee is free until 5 pm, so if you want to see just interior, you should go before 5pm and then there is a performance at night.
Secondly, there are two different type of cathedrals. One of them looks like a typical cathedral. It’s not only majestic but also it has a beautiful park around cathedral. I think this place is the best in Liverpool. It is peaceful and calm, so it makes you relax. The other is a modern cathedral. I have never seen like this before I saw that. Almost cathedrals look antique but it’s not. So if you compare each other, you can enjoy more.
Finally, there is Albert dock. That is not big, but you can see many different type of boats , some nice restraunts and museums like TATE, Beatles story around duck.
TATE is one of the most famous museums in the U.K. Actually, I didn’t go there, because I thought there is not free, but it’s free except special exhibition. So you have enugh time, you should go there. You can check what they exhibit on their website.
Beatles story is a museum about beatles, However, it’s not free, enterance fee is £12 for student. You can get detail information on this website.
There are more place aside from these where you can enjoy Liverpool like shopping centre which has sky park, many museums and nice buildings. There is the oldest china town in the U.K, but actually there are not what you can see, so if you don’t have time, you’d better skip there.
Liverpool is not a big city, therefore if you arrive there early, you can see for one day by walk without Anfield that is Liverpool stadium.It’s too far, so if you want to go there, you get on the bus.
My last piece of advice is before visiting Liverpool, listen to music by the Beatles, so you can experience more fun. Liverpool is Beatles city.
By Sungdo Lee