Traveling Around the City

Coming from a rather large city but leaving in a very residential area, I have never taken public transportation. Except for the few times I have traveled to Chicago for the day on the train. My city has public transportation and the bus hum is quite close to where I live, but there was never a reason to use the transportation. Here in Liverpool, public bus transportation is how you get anywhere in the city (or you use your two feet.) Now Chicago, IL, and Milwaukee, WI,  are both cities with good transportation systems. They have nothing on the European transit. The buses are on time, clean, and the bus drivers are very nice and run a tight ship....or rather bus.

Today, a group of us international students decided that we wanted to go exploring into the city...except none of us knew where we were going or what to do. Our very nice RA (residential assistant of our dorm floor) offered to take us into the city and show us around. We started off at 8:30am (this is very early for British students, who are accustomed to staying out at clubs until the early morning and sleeping until the midmorning.) Bus fare was quite cheap, and the buses don't seem to get busy until around 4pm. From Liverpool Hope University it takes about 20 minutes to get to the City Centre. The City Centre has all sorts of shops and restaurants. It is also where Albert Dock is, many boats and ships still sail from here. Matthew Street is just off of City Centre where the most famous band ever got their start. For as large as the city is (think Chicago, IL,) and for as many people who are coming and going, for how old the city itself is, what kept running through my mind was, "It's so clean. Everything...the streets, buses, buildings, everything is so clean." The city gives huge fines if people so much as leave a cigarette butt on the sidewalk, so Liverpool takes it's littering very seriously. Because it's such a clean city, it makes touring, shopping, and hanging about much more enjoyable!

Travel: to Liverpool City Center 

Adventure: Navigating through the City and Bus System

Discover: Taking public transportation does not have to be stressful and I am more confident in finding my way around.

The Beatles Shop on Matthew Street

 

(2nd picture: Fish N' Chips plate from Browns; Lovely ladies whom I went traveling with)

 

 

Places to Visit: Albert Docks, Matthew Street, The Cavern, St. John shopping area, Liverpool One

 

Place to Eat: Brown's Bar & Brasserie http://www.browns-restaurants.co.uk/locations/liverpool/