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Liverpool Museum: slavery then and now!
Blog: Solo Traveler - 18 January 2012
Traveling to Liverpool and visiting the museum took me to three continents and four centuries. That's the wonder of travel.
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10,000 Hours to The Beatle’s Story
Blog: Solo Traveler - 11 January 2012
Visiting The Beatles Story museum in Liverpool was a romp through a magical mystery tour. Reflecting on it brought Malcom Gladwell's book on outliers in greater focus.
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UNESCO World Heritage Site #168: Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
Blog: Everything Everywhere - 25 December 2011
From the World Heritage inscription: The city and port of Liverpool are exceptional testimony to the development of maritime mercantile culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, and played an important role in the growth of the British Empire. Liverpool is an outstanding example of a world mercantile port city, which represents the early development [...]
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This is Sweet – the Cotton Candy Martini
Blog: Solo Traveler - 2 December 2011
How about something new to add to your drink repertoire - the cotton candy martini. Good for every solo travelers bad of tricks.
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My Magical Mystery Tour – it’s not what you think.
Blog: Solo Traveler - 16 November 2011
Solo in Liverpool, my magical mystery tour in Liverpool didn't involve any psychedelic buses. It was all about the magical people of this city with an extraordinary past.
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Lady in Liverpool
Blog: A Lady in London - 11 August 2011
Riots have rocked the UK this week. Liverpool has been no exception. On Monday night the Liverpool riots erupted with car burnings and battles with the police. I was in Liverpool on Saturday, just two days before the riots broke out. I traveled there on a train from Llandudno, where I had spent the previous [...]
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World Museum Liverpool
Blog: No Beaten Path - 22 April 2010
Something you will hear a lot of if you are a tourist in Liverpool is about how there are so many ‘best of/biggest of/etc.’ there. Usually with a caveat – best outside of London, biggest in Europe. But the fact … Continue reading →
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We all (want to) live on a Yellow Duckmarine
Blog: No Beaten Path - 21 April 2010
Recently, Willem and I were lucky enough to visit some friends in Liverpool. While much of our holiday was spent just hanging out and the like, we did spend two days in the city centre playing tourist. And one of … Continue reading →
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