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| Magical Mystery Tour Bus |
There are a lot of things to see in Liverpool but for those
of us of a certain age, the Beatles are what we came for so the day was packed
with a lot of Beatle-related activities. We started today with the Magical
Mystery Tour which is a two-hour bus tour which focuses on Beatles sites. We
saw the homes of all four Beatles, the spot where Lennon and McCartney met plus
places mentioned in Beatle songs. The end of the tour was at the Cavern Club,
which is much smaller than I expected. Only drawback was my umbrella got nicked
at one stop (my fault).
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| Penny Lane |
At Penny Lane: 1) On
the corner is a banker with a motorcar – the bank is still there on the
corner, 2) Behind the shelter in the
middle of the roundabout – No longer a roundabout for public transportation
but still exists across from the bank, 3) In
Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer – same barbershop still
there. What wasn’t there today: There
beneath the blue suburban skies – gray, cloudy and misting rain. In the
evening, it turned to full rain.
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| Beatles Statue |
Following the tour we took the “Ferry Cross the Mersey”
which is another Liverpool song reference (Gerry and the Pacemakers). It could
have been better as a fog had set in, in addition to the rain, which made
sightseeing a little more difficult. After that we went to the Tate Liverpool,
which is an excellent contemporary art museum. I actually like it much better
than the Tate Modern in London, which is much bigger. I especially liked “My
Bed” by Tracey Emin and photos by Cindy Sherman, who I had studied in my Art
History class last summer. Pretty cool to see the works in person.
Last stop was at The Beatles Story which is a kind of
museum on Albert Dock which tells the story of the Beatles career. It was pretty
detailed but really kind of just okay.
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