Yesterday we rode into Liverpool with no idea where to find the company we had targeted to handle the shipping. They had not responded to email or voice mail and we had no real address - just the name of the company and the Liverpool port as a general location. We rode to the security entrance and made some inquires then were directed to Lee in the building next door. Lee could not receive the bikes but made some calls and pointed us in the right direction. We made contact with Debbie who would expedite the process from Liverpool and she referred to us a broker in Baltimore that can receive the bikes in the US. Since it is after 4pm we can't get much more done at the port so we head to the Park Hotel which Lee had recommended.
We email the necessary paperwork and less than 24 hours later we are taking the bikes to the port. We have a few more things to sort remotely from a paperwork standpoint but for the most part are good to go. The bikes will be on a ship sailing nex Fruday and should arrive in Baltimore on 10/30.
It's a strange feeling - knowing that tomorrow nor the next day or the next day I won't be riding anywhere on the motorcycle. It's been over three months ago that we left Virginia and began the journey around the world - living out of two boxes and a duffle bag and riding somewhere new almost every day. Friday morning we get on a plane to Dublin and Saturday from Dublin back to the U.S. The journey is pretty much over and the finality of it is sinking in - you just want the journey to continue. There are so many more places out there to see and experience.
Ken with the bikes while waiting for our port escort.
Port of Liverpool.
We made some friends here at the Park Hotel near the Liverpool docks. Adam was nice enough to pick us up from the port after dropping the bikes - and take us out to see some sights in Liverpool.
This is the home of the Beatles after all.
The sign says around the world in 80 beers - I think we exceeded 80.
With Adam at the Park Hotel.
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