Travel Diaries: 36 Hours in Liverpool, Liverpool, England
One of the destinations on my last travel wish list blog was surprising to some. No passport required, no vaccinations and definitely no requirement to learn another language. Unless you count Scouse. Yep, A Brummie Home and Abroad finally made it to Merseyside for a February city break. Here’s what we got up to in our 36 hours in Liverpool.
For us Brummies it’s less than 2 hours on the train from New Street direct to Liverpool Lime Street. We’re making the most of our weekend by heading straight to the station after work. Via Tesco Express for train cans to get the party started. An unannounced platform change, and we’re finally off. Train cans ahoy.
It’s just after 8pm when we arrive. We rely on Google Maps to get us to our hotel, dragging our wheelie cases through the Friday night revellers. We’re staying at the Z Hotel on North John Street. It was a last minute change of accommodation after remembering I’d booked a “just-in-case” cancellable hotel, which looked a bit dodgy on second viewing. The Z Hotel rooms are a little on the small side, with very little storage space and a double bed shoved up against a window. Mr Fletche is not a fan of the glass shower and toilet situation. I press myself up against the opaque glass to prove my modesty is intact. Mr Fletche is not convinced. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
For us Brummies it’s less than 2 hours on the train from New Street direct to Liverpool Lime Street. We’re making the most of our weekend by heading straight to the station after work. Via Tesco Express for train cans to get the party started. An unannounced platform change, and we’re finally off. Train cans ahoy.
It’s just after 8pm when we arrive. We rely on Google Maps to get us to our hotel, dragging our wheelie cases through the Friday night revellers. We’re staying at the Z Hotel on North John Street. It was a last minute change of accommodation after remembering I’d booked a “just-in-case” cancellable hotel, which looked a bit dodgy on second viewing. The Z Hotel rooms are a little on the small side, with very little storage space and a double bed shoved up against a window. Mr Fletche is not a fan of the glass shower and toilet situation. I press myself up against the opaque glass to prove my modesty is intact. Mr Fletche is not convinced. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Travel Diaries: 36 Hours in Liverpool
Guide Location: England » Liverpool
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Emmalene Fletcher
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Guide Location: England » Liverpool
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Emmalene Fletcher
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Z Hotel
- La Vina
- Moose Coffee
- Ship & Mitre
- The Royal Liver Building
- Cunard Building
- Port of Liverpool Building
- Beatles statue
- waterfront
- Museum of Liverpool
- Royal Albert Docks
- M&S Bank Arena
- Liverpool Cathedral
- Paul Curtis’ Liver Bird Wings
- Ruins of St Luke’s
- Hope Street
- The Cavern
- Beatles Story Museum
- Baltic Market
- Dead Crafty Beer Company
- Love Thy Neighbour
- Ferry Cross the Merse
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