Flashback Friday: Liverpool, January 2009
Have you ever met someone in a bar and hours later, when you said your goodbyes, had plans to visit them? I have (twice, actually). My friends and I were at Scholar’s Lounge in Rome during out first weekend of study abroad. We were casually sipping whiskey and cokes and watching the NFL playoffs when some English guys insisted that we explain this confusing game to them. I’m still not sure if this was just a line or if they actually didn’t know, but anyhow, a few hours later they invited us to come visit them in Liverpool in a few weeks and tour all the city had to offer (spoiler alert: it involves The Beatles). We figured, they were nice enough and, I mean, nice enough is totally reason to cross international borders, right? Right. We decided we would book a hotel as to avoid any awkward situations (as in, we are here to see Liverpool and have fun but none of us want to bone you) or getting killed. Read more
