Phew... I'm sooo tired! This weekend was full of great fun and adventures.
On Friday, my host mum, Maria, said that she was going to drive through Manchester to get to one of her client's house and since she knew that we wanted to go to Liverpool, she offered us a ride. It really was nice of her! Anyway, she dropped us to Manchester on Oxford Street and from there we went to go look for Amelia's CouchSurfing friend, Jorge. He told us to meet him near Piccadilly Gardens at the city centre (there were these cool fountains in the middle of the square).
We met him at a pub called "The Castle" with one of his friends, Steph. She bought us all drinks and was very fun to talk to. Then we met a couple more people, one of which was from Liverpool and told us that it was only known for 5 things besides the Beatles: "docks, docks, docks, slave trade, and docks". I loved the people of Manchester since everything was jolly and everyone had great fun.
After the pubs, we went to a house party nearby and met a whole bunch of people. The house was owned by Lithuanian students that go to University of Manchester. It was weird because they all asked Amelia if she was Lithuanian, yet the girls that asked were either brunette or blondes with blue eyes. Maybe there are many Asians in Lithuania? Haha...
Well, after the party, we took the taxi back to Jorge's flat where we passed out. Poor Amelia, she wasn't feeling very good at the end of the night, but its okay because I cuddled with her and made her feel better. The next day, we woke up, got ready, found a bus back to the city center where we bought tickets to go to Liverpool for only £ 6.50 at the couch station.
When we got to Liverpool, the first thing that we wanted to do was go straight towards the water. However, there were other things that distracted our eyes on our way to the water. There were old buildings, big advertisement screens, markets, modern shopping areas, parks, and they even have their own Ferris wheel.
The Albert Docks house the Beatles exhibition, but too bad it was closed. Got a great picture in front though!
(Fun Fact: everything in the UK closes really early, but the pubs, clubs, and restaurants are kept open)
After watching the sunset, we just pretty much wandered the city. Checked out the cathedral, got some bubble tea, wandered through this shopping center area that people like to hang out at, eavesdropped on their funny accents (they sound Irish in Liverpool), and just walked and walked and walked.
Took the 23:40 coach back to London and arrived home at 09:00... Soooo tired! There's school tomorrow so I should get my rest... but yeah, this weekend was really, really fun.
Your friend,
Ouchii
