{"id":14733,"date":"2014-08-09T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-09T17:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=14733"},"modified":"2014-08-09T13:47:33","modified_gmt":"2014-08-09T17:47:33","slug":"day-42-friday-august-8-dublin-ireland-to-liverpool-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=14733","title":{"rendered":"Day 42. Friday, August 8 – Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, England"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long day, but not on the bicycles. \u00a0A ferry ride on a huge ship\"DSCN1675\"<\/a> from Dublin to Holyhead, Wales, reminding us why we don’t like cruises; then a frantic transfer to a train to get us into the city. \u00a0Duckies were packed on the steaming train like sardines heading for the cannery. \u00a0\"DSCN1685\"<\/a>But it got us to Liverpool\u00a0in (barely) one piece. \"DSCN1691\"<\/a>\u00a0In a hunt for maps to cover us for the next week or so, seems ironic we would see this sign..\"photo-2\"<\/a>…there is a message, here!?!<\/p>\n

A couple funny Brits, \"DSCN1702\"<\/a>we’d med in 2009 (when we were all biking\u00a0the west coast of the U.S.), met us for dinner.\u00a0\u00a0As we strolled along the beatifully refurbished waterfront, \"DSCN1707\"<\/a>they identified for us the impressive Cunard Building,\"DSCN1695\"<\/a>the Billy Fury statue\"DSCN1708\"<\/a>\u00a0and the Royal Liver building\"DSCN1694\"<\/a>\u00a0 topped by the Liver Bird;\"DSCN1716\"<\/a>\u00a0the last visual of the fated Titanic.\"DSCN1703\"<\/a> We had a wonderful evening with Alan and Jim, \"DSCN1700\"<\/a>who remain as entertaining as ever and kept us out WAY past our bedtime, but it was worth it.<\/p>\n

Thanks for making the effort, guys, fun times!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t