2008

The whole idea of an excursion to Liverpool was born when my home town was awarded the title ”European Capital of Culture “ in 2003. Money was generously donated by the Department of Anglophone Studies and the Dean’s office and we set off at the end of the last week in July 2008 with 2 groups of 8 students. True pioneers, led into the unknown by their unwavering “Exkursionsleiter”! Here are the two pioneering groups and some of the magnificent sights Liverpool has to offer.

 

 

 

 

 



2009

Mistakes made in that first excursion were rectified in the second excursion in 2009 (again two groups) and this core programme for the following years organically came into being: Also the contribution made by the department of Anglophone Studies was increased, thus providing a total of 150 Euros per student for the excursion.

THE PROGRAMME

Thursday: Arrival

Friday:

Guided tours of the historical sights of Liverpool, St George’s Hall, Walker Art gallery and the Town Hall.

Guided tour of the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

Fish and chips

The madness of Mathew St (aka “Beatles Street” on Friday night and historic pubs tour

Saturday:

Guided tour of the famous Liverpool waterfront

Guided tour of Liverpool’s last remaining brewery (Robert Cain’s)

Ferry across the Mersey

Indian specialities followed by theatre entertainment (comedy/musical)

Sunday:

Trip to Speke Hall (Tudor mansion on the South side of the town)

Beatles homes tours

Free evening

Monday:

Liverpool football club Stadium tour

Final shopping/final farewells

 

 

Authentic student comment on excursion:

Kurz gesagt: Die Exkursion nach Liverpool war ein voller Erfolg! Mit unserer tollen Truppe und Mr (mean) Deane, war der Spaß schon vorprogrammiert!

Es gab viel zu sehen und zu entdecken: interessante Museen wie die Walker Art Gallery oder das Merseyside Maritime Museum, eine Zeitreise zurück in die Vergangenheit in den Kindheitshäusern von Paul McCartney und John Lennon, ein Muss für alle Fußballfans das Anfield Stadium, die schöne Liverpool Cathedral, ein bisschen Comedy, Bier Bier und nochmal Bier in den zahlreichen Pubs und genug Einkaufsmöglichkeiten ich sage nur "Primark the best place to be" und noch vieles vieles mehr. Also für jeden Geschmack etwas dabei! Ich kann nur jedem Englischstudenten empfehlen, die Möglichkeit zu nutzen und an der Exkursion nach Liverpool teilzunehmen. Ihr werdet es nicht bereuen!

2010

Same procedure as last year, with a few changes: the Cain’s brewery tour was left out in order to give time to explore the ever-expanding Liverpool waterfront and multifarious museums and monuments with the help of the “learning-on-the job guide”, Neil Deane. A new tour was discovered of the Town Hall in the very capable hands of an official Liverpool historian, Steve Binns. This year we had 6 members of staff with us with various partners (and children) and students who were not part of the official group. Group 1 consisted of 20 people. “The more the merrier!”  

 

2011

A different format this year: instead of 2 groups of 8 students, we had 16 students with one extra day. In other words, from Thursday 28 July until Tuesday 2 August.  The historical monument tour took place in the late afternoon of 28 July to ease the packed programme on Friday 27 July.

This also meant that half of the students were accommodated in the traditional “Wellington” public house and the other half in the “Hatters” hostel in the centre of town. Both groups were happy with their accommodation.

Another interesting fact was that the tours of the Town Hall and the Walker Art Gallery were no longer free of charge-proof that Britain was trying to save money in harsh economic times.