This weekend I took a trip with my boyfriend to celebrate four years together. We try and go to a different city every year (Edinburgh, Newcastle and Durham), so we thought we'd see Liverpool next. I'd already been a couple of times for nights out with friends, but I wanted to show him what the city had to offer and also my amazing memory of where everything was. After a nightmare train journey, we arrived at Lime Street two hours late and completely knackered. Dropped our bags off at Novotel -lovely room- and set about the centre looking for an outfit for me to wear. The shops are amazing, with random escalators outside that take you to different floors that you never knew existed! It's the smaller things in life that make me happy. The Christmas decorations were lit and the market stalls were filling the streets, getting me in the festive mood.
Anyway, with no new outfit found, we headed back and I put together a skirt and shirt I'd brought with me. We got ready and set off to Mal Maison (yes another hotel but it was the only decent looking restaurant we could get a table in). It looked amazing as soon as you walked through the door and the menu looked divine. The food came and after sending my main back to be re-heated, I wasn't really impressed with any of the three courses. At nearly £20 for steak stroganoff, I was expecting something a bit tastier and bigger (it came with a cup of rice). The other half had lamb and his was much tastier but you had to pay even more to get a side with it! The sticky toffee pudding was hardly sticky as well, after the teaspoon of ice- cream, both puddings were so dry we couldn't finish them- shame as well because we were still hungry. By the time we finished it was nearly 11 o'clock and after the events of the morning, we were too tired to even try any of the bars.
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| Look at the size of the dip and mini gherkins compared to the stroganoff! |
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| The really tasty lamb. |
The next morning we got Starbucks in bed to start the day properly and headed out to enjoy the sites. German hot dogs from the market and a look round the ice rink. There was an ice bar but the queue to get in was ridiculous and it was the same for every activity they had going! So I put my little tour guide hat on and we walked down to the docks to get out of the chaotic centre and take in some sights.
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| Dancers in a snow globe? |
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| The ticket was stamped with a heart! |
Despite the negatives, it was an amazing weekend and I've always said that mishaps make a trip more memorable. This trip was certainly memorable and I can't wait to see what the next city has install.
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