All my Lovin'

Sunday dawned much earlier than it ever should, having to meet the bus to Liverpool at 7 is just mean, however with a 3 hour drive ahead of us it was the smartest thing to start off early. Plus 99% of everyone just slept on the bus, and no I am not one of those people that take those horrid pictures of people sleeping... that is always so rude. Well we get there and it is gray skies and windy, however no rain (something we were all thankful for).

Liverpool is known for a few things, 2 huge cathedrals, great shopping, the coast, and a little British band called the Beatles.  Since the Beatles museum has a starbucks inside that is where we headed off to first. The place is amazing, you walk through an audio tour starting before the band even knew each other, and goes through their history. I don't think I have ever met anyone who doesn't know at least one Beatles song some of them you don't even realize it is the Beatles or if you have seen the newer Across the Universe movie (the soundtrack I am by no accident am listening to while writing this, hoping to stay inspired).  To be there in the city where history began for one of the most amazing, well known bands ever was an experience in itself.

After about 2 hours we had finished our tour and were headed towards the Maritime/ Slavery museum. Since I am a history major and the fact that I actually find these things interesting and somewhat fun I was loving this.  The maritime floors were featuring the Titanic, Lusitania, and the Forgotten Empress (all major ships that went down for various reasons all killing lots of people). It was all very interesting I still will be impressed in the Titanic exhibit that came to Utah a few years ago, now that was amazingly done. Up the the top floor and the slavery museum, being from America and having learned about slavery from our point of view it was very interesting to learn a different angle.  Having most of the shipping companies come from Britain and Europe that supplied America with their slaves they played a different role in this dark period of history.

We had finished look through the exhibits and were all starved we took this time to search for food and wound up wandering into the huge shopping area they have in the center of the city. After getting lost on the different floors we found food (thankfully)!

After lunch, some light shopping, we wondered back to the dock to get back on the bus for the drive back home. Walking around the city was amazing, and what was more amazing still was the fact that it didn't start to rain until we got on the bus. Timing is everything! It was an amazing trip that I am thankful to say that I have been on, now back to studying for classes this week. I will leave you with a few pictures from the city.