This month we discuss the life in Liverpool, UK. The table below shows what is the situation with the overseas rates and how much does it cost to land from USA directly to London, UK. Once in London, Liverpool is just across the corner.

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• The Beatles, the legenday band, was formed in Liverpool. Today the city
  is still famous for this and back in the 60’s it was the center of the cultural
  and youth life.
• For over 500 years Liverpool remained a small harbour port until, in
  1715, it became commercial wet dock.
• For over a hundred years Liverpool’s prosperity grew on the back of the
  slave trade. A sign of this increasing wealth, the new Town Hall, opened in
  1754 and is still in use today! The slave trade was abolished in the British
  Empire in 1807 after vigorous campaigning by many prominent people, including
  a Liverpool lawyer William Roscoe who wrote "The Wrongs of Africa",
  denouncing the African slave trade.
• During the Victorian era many fine buildings were erected, including the
  magnificent neoclassical St. George’s Hall, which was reopened by Prince Charles
  in 2007 after a £23 million restoration.
• 1916 saw the completion of the Cunard Building, which together with the
  Dock Offices and the Liver Building, was erected on the site of the original
  George’s Dock. These buildings is known as the Three Graces and it was esignated
  a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.
• "If you want a cathedral, we’ve got one to spare", is a line from
  the song "In My Liverpool Home". It is very true: Liverpool has
  two cathedrals in very different architectural styles. The foundation stone
  of the "traditional-looking" Anglican Christ Church cathedral was
  laid in 1904 and the "modern-looking" Catholic Metropolitan Church
  of Christ the King was completed in 1967. The architects for these two very
  distinctive buildings were Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and Sir Frederick Gibberd.
• The Catholic cathedral is sometimes jokingly referred to as "Paddy’s
  Wigwam" due to its shape and the vast number of Irish men who worked
  on the construction of the cathedral and/or are living in the area.
• Titanic (the ship that inspired thousand songs and movies) was officially
  registered in Liverpool

Here is the ultimate full list of the events that will take part in Liverpool in its European capital year.

There are many events that cover literary everything: from the traditional music events to modern preforming arts, peak view to architecture, visual arts and sports.

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The Opening Weekend
11th – 13th January
St George’s Plateau & Liverpool
Echo Arena

The city will become a stage with an amazing weekend of events celebrating
Liverpool’s status as European Capital of Culture.The weekend will start
on Friday 11th January with a free open air spectacular on St George’s
Hall Plateau. On Saturday Ringo Starr, Dave Stewart, Vasily Petrenko and a host
of stars will come together for a one off performance of ‘Liverpool -
The Musical’. The celebrations will continue throughout the city on Sunday.

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Liverpool is European’s official cultural capital for 2008. This is recognition of city’s values and contribution to European history, culture, pop, past and present. The official opening ceremony will be held on the weekend of 11 and 12 of January 2008 (this means that you have almost 2 weeks to plan your trip). The event will be fabulous. The spectaculars will see aerial ballet and of dancing cranes, containers and scissor lifts and many other celebrities, Ringo Starr and many other celebrities will take also part in the ceremony.

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