So, if you've never done this and you live in a fairly large metropolitan city, go to Google Maps, and type in your home address. If it pops up and has "Street View", you can actually select that and navigate the streets with real pictures. Now, I remember them launching a beta of this in only large cities - San Fran, NY, LA, etc and there was a huge uproar (invasion of privacy, yada yada), but now apparently it's all over the world. And, if you want my opinion, two thumbs up!
Here's a visual idea of how it works. I searched some of our "usual" streets/spots in Liverpool and took a screenshot of each -
A view from Lime St - this is one of the main streets leading into Liverpool City Centre. The building on your right is St. Georges Hall. Nic actually has a school event there on May 17th. Beautiful inside.
Our "flat" building. Unfortunately, I couldn't avoid that truck at the bottom of the shot covering our front door.
Albert Dock - easily one of the prettiest places in Liverpool. This is the entrance here with the backdrop of the famous Liver building on the right.
Bold St - we walk up and down this street often. Lots of shops, a great art-house film/cafe called FACT, a pancake breakfast spot called Qwaffs, and leads straight up to that famous Liverpool cathedral you see in the distance.
Korova - Venue/Club up on Fleet St. This is where all the Liverpool hipsters hang, it's owned by members of that group Ladytron. Think Cha Cha for Seattle folks. That said, it actually is a cool space to be in... separated by 3 different rooms, bar upstairs and the venue is downstairs in the basement, almost like being in a DIY house.
Upper Duke St - On the right, is the entrance to LIPA, Nic's school
Manchester - Just for fun, here's a shot of Oxford Road in Manchester. If you know England, Man is about 45 minutes away by train, easy to get to from Liverpool. On the right, there's an awesome cafe/bar/film house called Cornerhouse, which we frequent when in Manchester. Oxford Road train station is literally 2 min away from this shot.
Our "flat" building. Unfortunately, I couldn't avoid that truck at the bottom of the shot covering our front door.
Albert Dock - easily one of the prettiest places in Liverpool. This is the entrance here with the backdrop of the famous Liver building on the right.
Bold St - we walk up and down this street often. Lots of shops, a great art-house film/cafe called FACT, a pancake breakfast spot called Qwaffs, and leads straight up to that famous Liverpool cathedral you see in the distance.
Korova - Venue/Club up on Fleet St. This is where all the Liverpool hipsters hang, it's owned by members of that group Ladytron. Think Cha Cha for Seattle folks. That said, it actually is a cool space to be in... separated by 3 different rooms, bar upstairs and the venue is downstairs in the basement, almost like being in a DIY house.
Upper Duke St - On the right, is the entrance to LIPA, Nic's school
Manchester - Just for fun, here's a shot of Oxford Road in Manchester. If you know England, Man is about 45 minutes away by train, easy to get to from Liverpool. On the right, there's an awesome cafe/bar/film house called Cornerhouse, which we frequent when in Manchester. Oxford Road train station is literally 2 min away from this shot.
Finally, here's something completely random. We were at the "cinema" and this advert came on before the movie. It's a T-Mobile commercial filmed at Liverpool Lime Street station. This is where we catch all our trains down to London, Manchester, or wherever. It's hilarious, watch this:
- Chris
- Chris
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THOSE ARE ALL THE PLACES I'M GOING TO GO IN JUST OVER A MONTH!!! I'M STOKED!!! You can tell I'm stoked by my use of all caps up there, it's like I'm YELLING!!! Also, that might be one of the best/raddest adverts I've ever seen.
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