Travels: Manchester and Liverpool

February 10th-11th

This weekend Jamie, Hannah, Alexa, Anthony and myself went to northern England to visit Manchester and Liverpool. This is a completely different scene than Winchester! It is very industrial (especially Manchester) and their accents are so strong I could hardly understand them and they could barely understand me.

Friday we took at 4 1/2 hour train ride to Manchester and spent the night there. We had a really fun hostel that took us on a pub crawl in the evening. We spent most of Friday evening wandering around town and ate dinner in China town. It was an experience. My food came 45 minutes after everyone elses and it was not good! Still very fun though! The pub crawl was a riot and we met a group of crazy Irishmen! Saturday morning we woke up early and went to the Manchester United Stadium (Sean's favorite premiere league team). We got some great souvenirs and then headed over to Liverpool for the day.

After the hour train ride to Liverpool, we walked to the Beatles museum. This was really fun and had a lot of interesting exhibits and great music. After the museum, we wandered around town for a little bit and then caught a cab to the football match. We had 7th row seats at the Chelsea vs. Everton game. It was a great game even though Chelsea lost. The craziest atmosphere I have ever expereienced! Constant cheering and chanting it was so much fun!

Finally took the train home after the game and got home late Saturday night. Overall, it was a great trip and it was fun to see a completely different side of England!

China Town in Manchester

Ferris wheel we went on in Manchester. Not the greatest view but still fun. Hannah was terrified and shut her eyes the whole time!

First thing we saw when we walked into our hostel in Manchester. Definitely a quality choice on hostels. 10 pounds, 4 pubs, free or discounted drinks at each pub.