Destination: United Kingdom

Liverpool-Maritime Museum #2

Fri, 15 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [441] | Comments [2]

Almost as important as gay culture on board- I also learned that Liverpool was a major maritime center in the early days. White Star lines and I believe Cunard we're both headquartered here, and this was an important port for sailings to North America ... Read more >

Liverpool day 2-The Maritime Museum

Fri, 15 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [543]

The first thing I did on my 2nd day in Liverpool was go to the Liverpool Maritime Museum (after eating Breakfast at Mcdonalds, of a poridge, bagel, and coffee, where I do my writing for the day).  The museum was most  interesting. I learned ... Read more >

Tags: gay, ship

podworks pic 2

Thu, 14 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [484]

Podworks

Thu, 14 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [635]

The hotel I am staying at is called Podworks. As you may be able to note from the name, the rooms aren't large.  There is a queen size bed which literally takes up half the space of the room-As a matter of fact  the bed touches the wall on ... Read more >

The Church

Thu, 14 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [473]

After the Beatles and check in I Found this beautiful old church, and accompanying park which was also a cemetary. (not creepy at all)

The Beatles

Thu, 14 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [525]

I am now in Liverpool, which is very different then Manchester. Manchester is a busy bustling city-with people rushning to go to to work, and seemingly few tourists. Liverpool, while a bigger city then I imagined, seems to have a lot of tourists. Yesterday, ... Read more >

Tags: beatles, yellow submarine

Photos: Scotland the Brave

Thu, 14 May 2015 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery

Manchester the end again

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [531] | Comments [2]

Yes this is end end of Manchester for me. I am happy to have seen the city, because not many have evidentally. I have a book on the 10 best destinations in England, and Manchester is not amongst them.  It is a large city with hidden pockets of interest, ... Read more >

the park

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [528]

After the museum, I took the tram to a huge city park, which had a small zoo with various animals. I like  parks and I like animals.

Tags: animal, llama

Franklin Mint

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [488]

Additionally, they have tea sets, which we're sold to commemorate different occasions-the Franklin Mint was nothing new.

Manchester the end #2

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [581]

Anyway, apart from changing hotels-yesterday was a most interesting day. I went to the museum of the People, which gives various displays of the various stages of revolution/political party in Great Britain.  One touching interactive display shows ... Read more >

hotel part 3

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [574]

Anyway, for this last night-I checked into a new hotel (believe it or not, the only reason I didn't stay at the previous hotel an extra night is because they had no vacancies). This new hotel looked like the real thing.  Uniformed people at the ... Read more >

hotel part 2

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [517]

The above picture-which you may have to crane your head to see, was a door in the hotel, which "staff room" written on in magic marker. Below is a picture of the courtyard in the hotel.

hotel part 2

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [462]

The above picture-which you may have to crane your head to see, was a door in the hotel, which "staff room" written on in magic marker. Below is a picture of the courtyard in the hotel.

Manchester-the end

Wed, 13 May 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [524]

Today is my last day in Manchester. First of all, I should start off by  saying I stayed at a different hotel last night then the first 3 nights here. The first 3 nights-I stayed at a hotel which was a little bit different.  The entrance/lobby/reception ... Read more >