UK Adventure

27 May, Thursday: Had a great, great day. Worked hard (on things I’m publishing/editing) and played hard too. After work, at 6:45 Mandy picked up Carole and me in front of the Altrincham Train Station. She drove us to Liverpool to the Britannia Hotel where we met Kev and Chris. I’d never been to Liverpool before and was quite keen on seeing some of the sights. Because it was already late—8:00—we couldn’t do much sightseeing, so we just took the long way to dinner. I got to see the absolutely gorgeous Anglican Cathedral. A few of us popped inside when we saw the door was open. They were having a conference of some sort, so I hurriedly took a picture and ran back outside giggling. The inside pic didn’t turn out, but I got a good one of the outside. We didn’t get to go by the new Catholic Cathedral, but it’s called the Wigwam because of its configuration. Wish we’d been able to see it closer up.

Another thing I wanted to see was the Cavern, where the Beatles first played, but there wasn’t time. (Kev played there too, as did Mandy’s husband, Chris.)

We went to Albert Docks for dinner. It’s a lovely area, with warehouses and docks completely refurbished and quite the tourist attraction. The first restaurant we went to, EST, had a waiting list of about 40 minutes, so we went to Blue and it was a super choice.

The loo was really different. You walk in and the middle of a large room is a double row of sinks. Two men were washing their hands when I walked in. I asked if I was in the right place. One guy nodded and motioned his head to a door toward the back of the room. There was a separate women’s and men’s toilets, but shared washing facilities. Interesting.

My mouth waters as I think of the food. We all had starters, main course, and a sweet. Well, except Chris. He didn’t have a sweet. We also had lots of laughter as both Chris and Kev were “on a roll.” I loved the evening and it was so nice of everyone to want to go out with me.

Saying good-bye wasn’t hard as I’ll see Kevin in the office tomorrow and in several weeks back in the states. I’ll see Chris in five weeks in the states, Mandy on Tuesday, and of course Carole tomorrow and Tuesday. Ruth wasn’t able to join us as she had a commitment.

All in all, a fabulous day. But I got home really, really late. Of course it was SO worth it. Thanks, friends.

posted by Jerilyn Dufresne, author @ 17:59