Liverpool Weekends

This past weekend has been absolutely crazy but completly invigorating. Friday was another early morning because we had to go to Hope Park again to get student ids and then listen to some more lectures. I was actually falling asleep during some of the speakers and I felt kind of bad. We left early and skipped out on the library tour so we could spend some time at Aigburth before the night began. That night we had a dinner at Hope Park to welcome the international students. We took taxis from Aigburth to Hope Park and that was the first time I experienced crazy cab driving. The driver was booking it on the streets and was swerving in and out between cars. We definitely made the trip faster than normal. We even passed the taxi cab that had left before us. I was in the front seat and I was holding onto my seat belt. The dinner contained mostly British food. I had the curry with chips and corn. The curry was not very good but the chocolate cake for dessert was the most amazing thing ever. After that we went to the student union for drinks and converstation. Yes, are student union has a bar in it. After spending some time there a bunch of us went out to a club. Having to call cabs for 20 some people is absolute insanity and never work out properly. When we arrived at Fleet Street which is where most of the club are at, we weren't prepared for what awaited us. There aren't enough words to describe how crazy and insane this place was. After the shock, we decided to go to Club Mood which has three different levels. We danced for quite a while and had a blast together and we didn't get in until two in the morning.

Saturday I was able to sleep in until like 10 in the morning which was definitely needed. At 2 a bunch of us took the train from St. Michaels Road to the city centre. We spent some time walking around and shopping. The city centre is this huge area that has open streets just for people to walk and tons of different shops. One store is called Primark and it is the most amazing store ever. The clothes are so cheap and this store has everything even a home section. I'm definitely having a shopping spree before I leave with whatever money I have left over. Part of this shopping area is Liverpool One which houses a whole slew of different shops. The movie theatre in the city which is the Odeon is a part of this area. On the other side of the theatre is a beautiful park that leads out to Albert Dock which houses a bunch of the museums in Liverpool and is right off the river Mersey. Its so nice to be able to walk to different places in the city from a central location. I never thought I would like living in a big city but Liverpool has definitely changed my mind. We looked around this area a bit just to get aquainted with the area. Then we made are way back into the city to Mathew Street to watch the Liverpool match against West Ham. There wasn't any seating areas at the bars since it was so packed so we grabbed a bite to eat at a kebab stand. The kebabs were actually pretty good but there was so much meat on them. We watched the first half of the match at one bar and then headed to the Hog's Head for the second half. This bar is by far my favorite and the atmosphere was so passionate and energetic. Plus the name is frickin amazing. Some people will understand the reference. Liverpool won 3-2 and we took the train back to Aigburth. We hung out in the flat common area and had a great time which involved some singing at the end.

Sunday was a very relaxing day. The sun was shining so a bunch of sat out in the green area of our dorm complex. We read books, magazines, and just chatted for most of the day. Stores on sunday close at 4 so we almost couldn't get what we needed for the evening. For dinner that night, Marijke and Maarten who are from Holland made a huge meal of pesto pasta with chicken, mozarella, pine nuts, tomatoes, bruschetta, garlic butter and lots of bread. We had some wine with the meal and it was absolutely phenomenal. We were all pretty tired so we had an early night after talking for a bit. Time has been flying by already. Hopefully it will slow down before this is all over. More adventures to come!