Door poetry

Today our teacher Frank took us to the Museum of Liverpool to go and look at some poetry. The Museum of Liverpool opened its doors to the public in 2011 and is the home off all kinds of exhibitions. There's a great timeline of Liverpool, as well as expositions on football, Scouse and Liverpudlian soldiers. All in all, it's an amazing museum where you could spend several days, there's so much stuff to look at.

However, Frank wanted us to have a look at the poetry wall. It's a collection of doors which have been painted and since it's a poetry wall have words written on them. It's modern poetry and sometimes the poems consist of just a few words but are nevertheless witty. Luckily we were allowed to take some pictures and I wanted to share them here with you. If you get the chance to go to the museum you should definitely do it.

Conwy Castle

Yesterday I went on a trip to North Wales. The school had organised a coach which would take us to Conwy and Llandudno. The drive to North Wales was already amazing. Soft green hills, fog and magnificent views. When we stepped onto the wall surrounding Conwy an old train passed by and I felt like someone had put me into one of the Harry Potter movies.

Conwy Castle was built in the 13th century, yet the ruins are well preserved and you can walk around the wall and go on top of all the towers. Just let me tell you the stairs are fatal. I was just waiting for someone to slip, fall down and take everyone in his/her way with him. Conwy itself is a very small city with a little harbour but ever so charming. That day lots of people were walking around dressed up as pirates because it was the annual Pirate's Weekend.

We also went to Llandudno which is also a pretty small city and it seemed to be more of a place where pensioners would live. However, the seaside is gorgeous with all the pastel coloured houses and the mountain cliffs.

British graveyards

I really don't have a clue why I like graveyards. I like taking pictures of them. Not all of them. I have a particular liking for English graveyards. You find a lot more old graves than in Switzerland, the atmosphere seems to be more mystical. I know this is a weird preference but so what?!

Today I went to the Anglican Cathedral after school and since the weather was gorgeous today we decided to take a walk through the St. James Garden that surrounds the cathedral. It's a mix between a park and a graveyard which means I got to take some pictures. Here are some of them and I added two pictures I took last spring in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Just another update

I can’t believe I’ve already spent six weeks in Liverpool. In just six weeks I’m going to be on my way home. But until then I’ll try to enjoy the days left as much as possible. School is pretty much the same; however, the class has changed a lot. Almost half of our group had to go home. Loads of tears were shed, lots of hugs and promises made to keep in touch. I know that there’s one person I will keep in touch, thanks to Twitter, Facebook and Skype.

"Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one"

C.S. Lewis

What I enjoy probably the most is that I get to know Liverpool more and more. I love that I don’t need a map to get around and I feel like I fit in. I don’t have the word “tourist” written across my face anymore. And that feels pretty darn good to be honest.

What else? It’s hard for me to tell how much my English has improved but I do notice that I have a hard time to change to German sometimes. When I’m talking to my family on my phone I change to English sometimes and I have to keep reminding me that I need to speak Swiss-German.

How cute is that otter?! (Even though he smells kinda bad)

I went to the Blue Planet Aquarium today which was quite nice. I guess after seeing the aquarium in Atlanta nothing can really impress me. Still I enjoy the atmosphere of the aquarium. It might not be quiet on a Bank Holiday like today, however, when I look into one of the tanks I can forget all around me while looking at all the different fish. Walking through the shark tunnel or waiting for the rays to come to the surface. Amazing! One of my favourite things to do.

Bye for now