Tourist Sunday

Today was travelling day again, this time I went to Southport which lies in about the same distance to Liverpool as Chester but not to the South but to the North. Although it doesn't have as much to offer as Chester, it is a nice little seaside resort town. The city centre's nothing special, mostly shopping opportunities of all kinds on the high streets, nothing you wouldn't find in other cities as well. Southport's peculiarity is it's seaside which boasts an amusement park, a tramway out to the pier head (yes, a tramway, you've read right, the line's only about a mile long, connecting the shore's amusement park with the pier head) and a nice artificial lake just in from the beach. It all could have been more impressive, but to be fair, the weather wasn't as nice as it had been last week - had it been I'd probably have enjoyed myself better. Still it was a nice day and I'd recommend the place for a weekend at the seaside - especially since Crosby's not far too.

Historical boat rides on Marine Lake




Pier head

...and the tramway that leads there




I've never seen such a big swarm of birds before!




Typical seaside resort view: minigolf course in front of a hotel building




View on the Marine Lake from Kings Gardens, a nice, small park

And a curious architectural sample: since I came to Britain it was for the first time that I saw such a colourful, plastered building the architecture of wich quite reminds me of Austria.
The city of Linz is full of it...

P.S.: Happy Birthday, Joel!!!



Joke of the day: What goes "Clop, clop, clop, BANG, clop, clop, clop?" An Amish drive-by shooting!