One afternoon in Liverpool
Sorry it took me so long, I'm an awful blogger! So last month a day after I visited Manchester I have decided to visit Liverpool on the way back to London.
I didn't expect much, every time I googled Liverpool pictures it looked quite ugly, the images had terrible quality and I couldn't find any cool instagramers that would help me to get around nice places.
On the train to Liverpool I realised that Liverpool is actually close to the sea! I got this idea about heading to the beach but asking locals about the beach I only got the strangest looks. Like beach? In november? Near Liverpool? Are you crazy? Plus it was slightly raining.....
I only had 7 hours in Liverpool in total so the closest beach was the option. I jumped on the bus to Crosby beach that took good 45 minutes. The beach was such a surprise... There are around 1000 iron men statues alongside the whole coast! Tall and mascular human statues in different distance from the sea, some of them buried in the sand, the weirdest surprise ever! So when I walked to the beach I though that it's full of people and after a while realised that it's actually quite empty and all these people are just iron statues... STRANGE!
After a little walk and realising that the weather isn't very beachy I headed back to the city centre.
I walked up the main shopping street, passed an amazing Oxfam full of cool vintage clothes and headed to the Vegan café called Egg Café. Thanks Chris for the recommendation! The café is located on the top floor just on the left of Oxfam, portions are massive, food tasty and prices LOW. I didn't want to come back to London after this experience...
After stuffing my belly with hummus and warm soup I headed more up the street and found a cool coffee called Bold street Café, definitely a must on your visit.
After lovely flat white, the cathedral was the next thing on the list. And it's massive! Built early in 20th century and the biggest in the UK! It's enormous, actually 5th biggest in Europe. It's also on the top of the hill so you can imagine the view... It was only £5 to go on top with the lift and so worth it. The view was great, seeing the structure of the city, parks, the river and the buildings!
But the biggest surprise of the trip was about to come. On the way back to the centre from the cathedral I walked through Chinatown with a massive dragon gate, there is a pic attached. I didn't go for Chinese though. Further down the street I finally saw the docks and I was shocked, everything looked so good, new and different from what I expected. Also the sunset that day was beautiful so the whole sky was pinky! I was walking alongside the river coast, there was different museums, including The Beatles museum, Tate museum, the only Tate outside London, my next a must on the next trip to Liverpool.
I did some reading after the visit and found out that Liverpool used to be the biggest industrial city after London at the beginning of 20th century and that explained the massive historical buildings in the centre that reminded me of New York. The history is mixed with the brand new buildings that create a special view from the docks. I was seriously amazed and told probably everyone already. Go to Liverpool. You'll love it.
Crosby Beach
Crosby Beach
Bold Street coffee
Dragon Gate in Chinatown
The Docks
my only pic from Liverpool. Great.
Liverpool is so cool
The view from the top of the cathedral
I love sunsets ok...
