Året rundt med RandiAa: Liverpool - Revisited: Easter 2013

tirsdag 2. april 2013

Liverpool - Revisited: Easter 2013 - Part Three

Easter sunshine in Sefton Park - Photo:RandiAa©

The marathon day Monday, March 25th continued after the football tour - Russell and June picked us up by car and we started our sightseeing.
Key words for today's activities were:

Starbuck base - Breakfast
Anfield - Liverpool FC tour
Viewpoint - Everton Park - Sightseeing
Sefton park - Palm house
Woolton - sigthseeing - Lunch
Shopping
Waterfront
Albert Dock
Pump House - Dinner

One and two were finished - and I left it entirely to Russell to decide where the tour should go now.
First stop was on Everton Hill in the Everton Park - a modern park from the 1980s. The name Everton is derived from a Saxon word "eofor" which means "wild boar living in forests" - so there must have been wild pigs up here.
From here we had a great view of Liverpool:

View of Liverpool and the Burbo Bank wind-farm - Photo:RandiAa©

View of Liverpool from Everton Hill - Photo:RandiAa©

Everton Hill with June- Photo:RussellD©

A bit cold on top of the hill, and WOW! - snow like in Norway:

Everton Hill with Magnus - Russell took the photo with my camera

Then we headed further to Sefton Park and the beautiful romantic Palm House:

Palm House - Sefton Park - Photo:RandiAa©

Inside the Palme House blossomed the most beautiful orchids and other exotic plants - birds were chirping and singing under the glass ceiling - and the fragrance was lovely:

Lovely Orchid fragrance - Photo:RandiAa©

Orchid - Photo:RandiAa©

Cattleya hybrid orchid fragrance - Photo:RandiAa©

Calliandra haematocephala - Red powder puff plant - Photo:RandiAa©

Then off to Woolton - A charming old village, independent until it was merged with Liverpool in 1913:


Allerton Road -Woolton - Photo:RandiAa©

Allerton Road - a popular place for pubgoers - But we went for hot chocolate and coffee this time in Let's Eat Woolton:

Photo:RandiAa©

After refreshments, we were ready for a round of shopping - it was especially Magnus, who was keen on renewing school garments a bit. - On the way to the shopping area of Liverpool One, we passed Victoria Monument: