Liverpool

On Friday we travelled to Liverpool to catch up with our good friends Elaine and Cam.  Elaine is one of the girls I met whilst backpacking around Australia in 2004, she met Cam whilst travelling and set up home in Perth and was back home visiting family in Scotland so we decided to have a weekend break half way between Scotland and Essex - we haven't seen them since Summer 2012 so I was so excited to see them!

We arrived in Liverpool on Friday afternoon, checked into the Marriott City Centre which was our base of the next 2 nights and made our way down to the historic Albert Docks to soak up the great waterfront atmosphere, we then walked along the Mersey to Pier Head to the Liver Building and Beatles statue.

Elaine and Cam arrived late afternoon so we made our way back to the hotel to meet with them and get ready to go our for dinner.  We had the most amazing meal and at What's Cooking located in the Albert Dock and had lots of fun catching catching up over cocktails.

We were up bright and early on Saturday morning, first stop was breakfast at Bills

Veggie Breakfast & Eggs Benedict

We then hopped onto Magical Mystery Tour which took us on a 2 hour journey introducing the lives of the Fab Four,  their homes, schools, birth places, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields plus many other landmarks which inspired their music.

"Roll up the Magical Mystery Tour is waiting to take you away"

George Harrison,  John Lennon & Paul McCartney's childhood homes

Penny Lane & Strawberry Fields Forever

The tour finished with a visit to the famous Cavern Club where we had a few beers and listen to the live bands playing.

 We finished our evening with dinner and at Jamie's Italian.

Meatball Bruchetta/Crab & Avocado Bruchetta/Italian Lamb/Wild Mushroom Risotto

The next morning we had fun reminiscing on our fun weekend over coffee and breakfast at Carluccios.  

Final group photo - sigh!

And thats a wrap on a super fun weekend with Elaine and Cam - I can't wait until these guys are back in the UK again!