On Saturday we visited the Museum of Liverpool which took 4 hours, today we visited the Museum of the World which only took 3 hours, does this mean Liverpool is 33% more interesting than the rest of the World?
Probably not although it was an enjoyable three hours. Yet more Egyptian relics, it seems Liverpool University were leaders in sponsoring digs in Egypt hence the number of exhibits. The most interesting was the “Book of the Dead” which was excavated in 1905 but for some reason was not examined until 1974.
It seems a similar book was deposited in all graves but most perished, this one is intact, is 4 metres long and gives instructions about progress to the afterlife including the weigh in (pictured). Your heart is weighed by the gods, the heavier it is the more sinful you have been.
There were also quite a few exhibits from Africa and South America (the picture shows an armadillo handbag, not something they sell in the museum shop) as well as floors dedicated to the insect world, dinosaurs and space travel.
After a nice lunch we sat in the sunshine outside a bar watching a Christian missionary trying to convert the bad people of Liverpool. He spoke random nonsense via a PA for over an hour in a very similar vein to Michael Palin in the Life of Brian, he did not seem to convert anyone.
The most popular method of getting around the centre of Liverpool is on electric scooters. You can find a scooter almost everywhere around the city, just scan it’s QR code using an app, the scooter unlocks and off you go.
When you arrive at your destination you park the scooter anywhere you like, lock it again with the app and it is ready for the next person. GPS is used to tell prospective users where the nearest scooter is and I presume the company which runs the scheme changes all the batteries each night. It took a while to get the right apps on our phones and to upload our driving licences to prove who we are but now we have understood how it works it is great.
It is not much cheaper than a taxi and would be hell in the rain but for old people like us it is great fun and makes us feel we embracing the youth culture whatever that is.
When we arrived in Liverpool it was a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We have been here five days and yesterday the UN committee have decided to strike it off, we would not have come had we known, can we have our money back?