I'd never had a yearning to see Liverpool - I knew very little about it aside from the soccer team, Beatles, and industrial past but was up for the experience.
After checking in to our room with a view
Sam noticed that an ornate building we passed was the Liverpool Central Public Library, and insisted that we stop in...and we were so glad he did. We were blown away! It blends old and new design in a public space that is so welcoming and invigorating.
After spending quite a bit of time in the library, we walked to the waterfront for dinner and messing about.
We smoothly caught our connections and were there in time to greet Ry as he came out of security!
The way back was hampered by connections missed by mere minutes that snowballed into more and more time, but as the public transportation is so good, it really wasn't a terrible thing. However, I watched myself get tightly wound as the bus from the airport to the train station fell the crucial 5 minutes behind schedule but talked myself down...repeatedly.
And it was fine.
And we got dinner at the train station.
And even though the next train was packed with commuters for the first hour, we couldn't find seats together (or even good seats at all) and I embarrassingly crushed some people with a near fall on a turn, we still arrived in good time and in one piece to Liverpool.
Travel tip: VirginRail (who we took on the way up) is the rail company to ride if you have the choice.
We spent one more night in Liverpool and then took the train back to Holyhead.
That library looks so freaking cool!
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DeleteI've said this to you before.... but the organizational nightmare you've waded through in order to gather and deliver all these teenage visitors in different cities throughout the UK is truly astounding. If your only glitch has been couple of missed train connections, you're proving your rightful place as a detail-driven queen of logistics. Kudos.
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