Weekend in Liverpool

We visited Liverpool for the first time last weekend. All I knew about Liverpool before the trip were that this city was famous for the birth place of the Beatles, its port, their English accent/dialect called Scouse, and the football team.

The Great Hall

Lamb-Banana

As soon as we arrived in Liverpool we found the city breathtakingly beautiful. The view from the harbour, old buildings with red bricks, the nice combination of old stuff and new sites, lively atmosphere... I like this city! That's what I thought after a few minutes walking around the town.
As we walked around, we found cute statues everywhere in Liverpool. These statues are called 'Lamb-Banana'. The city is famous for trading and merchants, and Lamb-Banana is the symbol of importing (bananas etc.) and exporting (lambs etc.)

The Liver Building. Architectures were stunning

Although it was quite hard for me to understand Scouse, people were really nice and talked to me in a friendly way. Even I didn't understand, they kept talking anyway, ha ha ha. Scouse is English, but the accent is really strong... Once I am used to the sound, probably it wouldn't be so difficult to understand, but listen, even my partner, who is a native English speaker, sometimes don't understand them...lol. But anyway I loved Liverpoolians.

Everton Football Stadium

in The Cavern Pub, where the Beatles first played

Walked around the town, visited the pub where the Beatles first had their gig, watched football match (Everton FC vs Manchester City), glanced at real Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane, had nice meals, caught up with friends there and went to nightclubs, got drunk and danced... If this was not a life of luxury, what else could be? And of course, after the two and a half days, we got a bonus of beautiful hangover... nice, isn't it?

The wall of fame, outside of the Cavern Pub.
All the names of the bands who played in the Cavern were displayed here.

I think we definitely go back to Liverpool again, since we have seen only a small part of this city. Until then I will try to get used to listening to Scouse...ha ha ha...(when I went to Newcastle I struggled to understand their unfamiliar accent as well... am not good at listening even in Japanese... need new ears maybe!)


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