LIVERPOOL IN MY HEART

Saturday night after coming home from the "skydiving" I got a 2 hour break, before I had to pack again and head for Liverpool.. 3 girls in my class and I were going there and seeing Liverpool Football Club play against Blackburn Rovers.. Liverpool has always been my favorite soccer team, so going to Anfield and seeing them play for the first time was a perfect ending to my perfect week.. We took the train to London and then a bus up to Liverpool, so we weren't there before 6.30 AM... An early start! (or late, didn't sleep much on the bus.) Nothing was open at this time, so we just sat at the bus station until 8 and then wandered around and went to Starbucks for breakfast.  After that we went to the Beatles museum.. Since the Beatles are from Liverpool they have made this great museum in their honor, so we went to see that.. Walked around for almost two hours, it was really nice! The city is very proud of those four guys, and with good reason.. They truly were the greatest band ever.  After that we had some shopping time (we also stopped by the Cavern club, where the Beatles first were discovered ) before it was time to head up to Anfield and finally see Liverpool play!   Being in the Beatles mood, we asked the taxi driver if he could stop by the street "Penny Lane" on the way, since that is one of the many brilliant Beatles songs. Our taxi driver was neither a Beatles nor a Liverpool F.C fan, but he was more then happy to take us there, and he even stopped at John Lennon's house and Strawberry field.

We'd had enough of the Beatles for one day, and were SOOOO ready to see Liverpool play now! We arrived at Anfield, went and got a scarf and a  program and entered the stadium. And WOW! I got the chills when we walked up the stairs and saw the green field and the cheering audience for the first time.. And the chills didn't exactly go away when the players entered the stadium and 45.000 people were holding up their Liverpool scarfs and singing "You'll never walk alone." MAN! It was a moment to remember... Couldn't believe I was actually here! We had some really good seats, and with my camera+ Karoline's super lens, I got some really good photos.. The game began and I was stoked!! It was just so totally awesome to actually be standing there and watching them play.. In real life, not on TV; Gerrard, Torres, Carragher, Kuyt, Agger, Reina, Lucas and the rest of the brilliant team. It was an exciting game from beginning to end.. Soccer matches go soooo much faster when you're watching them in real life compared to on TV unfortunately. And before we knew it it was over :-( But we saw a phenomenal game and Liverpool of course won over Blackburn... 2-1 was the end result, the two Liverpool goals were scored by my absolute favorite players, Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard! PERFECT!! :-) I couldn't be any happier. After the game we went to the Liverpool F.C club store and bought some souvenirs, before heading for the bus station and going home..

What a day! What a week! What a life! :-)

The cavern club

Penny lane, Strawberry field and Lennon's house

Ready for the game!!

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