Hello friends! While between jobs, I've chosen to move to Liverpool and continue my search from here. I have loved the city ever since my first visit in May of 2024. The people are friendly, with distinctive accents. There are great parks including Sefton Park, Princes Park, Calderstones Park, Croxteth Country Park, and Speke Gardens, and it is very near the coast. Formby Nature Reserve is only about half an hour away by train. Liverpool has many museums, independent shops, galleries, and cafés, bookshops, and active libraries. There is also a strong Scandinavian connection dating back to Viking times and continuing today with the activity of the Nordic Cultural Centre based at Gustaf Adolfs Kyrka in the Baltic Triangle. This is good for me because I found a group to speak Swedish with! My house is really close to George Harrison's childhood home in Wavertree, also not too far from Penny Lane. The Magical Mystery Tour bus is a common sight. I love seeing crazy devoted Beatle fans around there and in the city centre. At the end of August it will be even crazier with International BeatleWeek. I didn't get tickets this year, but the atmosphere is free.
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| Beatles Statues |
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| Port of Liverpool |
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| Central Library |
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| Mathew Street in the Cavern Quarter |
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| Upside Down House |
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| Gustaf Adolfs Kyrka and Nordic Cultural Centre |
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| Bold Street |
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| Wavertree Park, my front garden |
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| At Wavertree Park |
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| The blue plaque is up at George Harrison's! |
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| Magical Mystery Tour bus (a common sight) |
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| A wonderful Oxfam on Smithdown Road |
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Still Out of Print on Smithdown Road
(book markets coming up soon!) |
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| Bookshop crawl I went on this week! |
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| Books by Aldous Huxley at Aldous Books |
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| My new Liverpool library card! |
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| Truly adorable knitting pattern I found thrifting |
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Peter Pan statue at Sefton Park
(just like Kensington Gardens!
although it could use a wash) |
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| Carl Linnaeus at the Palm House, Sefton Park |
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| Tea at the Palm House, Sefton Park |
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| Palm House, Sefton Park |
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| Sefton Park |
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| Summer flowers at Croxteth Country Park |
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| Bookshop at Calderstones Park |
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| Children's books at The Reader Shop |
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| International BeatleWeek in August |
There are so many places on my list to visit around Liverpool, I'm sure you will be hearing from me soon!
