Manchester and Liverpool

On Wednesday our program left at 6:15 am to go to Manchester on a coach bus. It took us about 5 hours to get there. The first thing we did when we got there was go to Manchester United's football stadium and take a tour. We got to go into the stadium, the locker rooms, the player's tunnel, and into the museum. The stadium is the second largest in England and is only smaller than Wembley. It holds about 76,000 people. This stadium is probably the closest to what they have back at home. Most of the other football stadiums here are very old and not very glamorized, which is probably why people want to visit Manchester's stadium. It was pretty cool to see! After that we got back on the coach and the bus dropped us off in the center of the city. Some very cold rain started at this point. A bunch of people decided to go get lunch first so I went with them. We ended up sitting in there for awhile. We had about 3 hours to gt lunch and explore the city for little bit before getting back on the coach to leave for Liverpool. After lunch I went with two other girls to Manchester University's Library, which was very pretty! It was a very old looking library and it reminded me of Harry Potter a lot. Then we hopped back on the bus to head to Liverpool. We all stayed at a youth hostel. When we got there they served us a free dinner. After that I got ready with some of the girls to go to a pub with Lyndon and some other people from the program. The pub was called the Philharmonic. It was a very old cool looking place. They had fire places, leathers couches, and a gold gate to get into the pub. After being there for awhile a bunch of people left to go to the Cavern, which is the place where the Beatles performed at for a long time. Here is a video of the Beatles performing at the Cavern:




The next day we took a short bus tour and went to Penny Lane. Then we went to visit Liverpool's stadium. We saw the memorial the the "Crush". Back in 1989 there use to be standing room only in the football stadiums. During one match they let so many people in that people began to be crush against the walls and safety fence of the stadium. Soon into the game the match was canceled due to all the people in the stadium. 93 people died that day. Lyndon was also playing "Penny Lane" as we approached Penny Lane on the tour and he played Liverpool's team song at we approached the stadium. Next we stopped at two famous cathedrals in Liverpool. Everyone got off here. I went into the Anglican Church with some girls. This is the second largest building in Britain. It was very pretty. From there we went to the city center and did some shopping and got lunch. Next we went to the Beatles museum at Albert Dock. It was really cool! From there we went to the Martime museum and saw the Titanic and Slave Trade exhibits. Finally we went to Tate Liverpool to view the art. We saw one cool piece were a part of the art is to take the art and spread it around. It was a huge stack of papers on the ground with two gold rings on it. When we read the sign that said we could take a piece we all got one to take home. We also got one for Philippa! After that we grabbed a quick dinner at Pizza Express and headed back home on the coach!