A ticket to ride...to Liverpool!

I went up to north England yesterday to see the birthplace of The Beatles! After a long train ride through darkness and then the early morning light we arrived in Liverpool. The town itself was plain and grey in color. It had almost an industrial or coal mining feel. Anyway, we went to The Beatles' Story museum that went through the fab four's lives from beginning to now. The museum was very well done and it was interesting to hear about how it all started. One of my favorite room was the John Lennon memorial room that was completely white with a white baby grand piano, white curtains, white carpet- everything white. His song "Imagine" was playing and it was so relaxing and beautiful. I also loved the room that was a block of televisions all playing the same scene of screaming and crying teenage girls who had got a glimpse of The Beatles.

Another Liverpool highlight was going to see The Cavern Club where The Beatles played almost 300 times during their start. It was about 2 in the afternoon when we went down the stairs into The Cavern, but a rock band was on stage playing and the place was packed with people! It was a nice little taste of what it would have been like with The Beatles on stage. We also ventured out of the city center to find Penny Lane, a school the boys went to, John Lennon's house and Strawberry Fields. All in all, it was great to be a Liverpool "day tripper!"

Pretending to climb over the fence into Stawberry Fields