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This weekend has been a big weekend for Liverpool, they finally got chance to show off some of their new additions to the public. Liverpool hosted the Tall Ships, over 70 ships entered the Mersey and docked attracting people from all over the UK with performers and entertainment as well as tours around these splendid ships.

Monkey invited mother and stepfather up to have look and we spent Sunday walking around, queuing lots of queueing as we experienced these great ships in true British summer weather (windy and cold). The day was fantastic really well organised and although we qued alot it was never for very long. The ships were fantastic coming from all over the world and bringing life to the docks of Liverpool. The event attracted thousands of people all weekend and even Monday the city was still brimming as people lined the water front to see the ships leave in formation, i have never seen the Mersey look say busy.

But one thought that did occur to me during the visit was the amount of money spent to organise this event in a time when clearly we are in for serious hard times. Everything was free to the public, entrances to all the events were free and even the public transport they put on to ferry people to the different docks. The city set on twenty or more buses that ran all day carrying bus load after bus load up and down Liverpool for free.
Although Liverpool has improved their shopping experience there are still alot of shops not open and if the event helped advertise their new facilities I'm pretty sure that travelling to Liverpool to visit and shop in the future is going to be an even more costly affair to the consumer.

However take this aside and Liverpool did itself proud this weekend, it created an atmosphere in the city that i had never felt before, completely buzzing and a sense of excitement and very fun.