"Me and John" a Liverpool Travel Page by tvor

During my stay in Manchester in Sept. 2001, i took the train over to Liverpool for the day to meet up with a very good friend of mine who lives out in the Wirral. Liverpool is a large city who's most recent claim to fame is the home of the Beatles. I've never been a Beatlemaniac but since i was there i did have to check out Matthew Street where the Cavern Club was (is stiill but it's a newer one on the other side of the lane from the original site). Had to have a photo of me and John Lennon for posterity but i found the wall with the names of artists that have played i the cavern over the years carved into bricks far more interesting!

So our game plan was just to walk around the city center, gawping at the lovely large buildings, getting the lay of the land. We took a tour in one of those amphibian vehicles that splashes down in Albert Dock which is a restored area on the waterfront, a group of old warehouses all done up for tourists. There's the Mersey, choppy and gray. It's a really windy day and looks like it can't decide whether to rain or clear up so we didn't take the ferry crossings.

We did walk down one street and i spied, up a narrow side street, an interesting looking building. Went a little closer and discovered a very old pub called Ye Hole in Ye Wall. I just *had* to go in and have a drink there!

We walked a lot. A lot. stopped at one point to have a Chinese meal and then walked some more. I really didn't go in any of the beautiful buildings but sometime i'll go back to have a good look through some of the museums and the Walker Art Gallery.