Liverpool, England

After a 6 hour bus ride, we arrived in the Liverpool bus terminal. After a little confusion as to which direction we were supposed to go, we successfully made the walk to our hostel in one of the old fashioned suburbs. We arranged our things, put a load of laundry in and headed out for another attempt at finding fish and chips. We succeeded this time, kind of, as the meal was incredibly cheap but equally sub-par. We returned home for showers and a continuation of laundry late into the night.

Saturday morning, we stored our bags and headed into town for a tour of the Beatles landmarks. We began at the Hard Days Night Hotel before passing the Cavern Club (the first performance venue for the Beatles). We browsed the shops on the main street in town on the way to the Beatles museum but unfortunately didn’t have time to do the tour. Instead we headed to a lesser known bar where John Lennon had done the murals in the basement in exchange for food which he was in art school. We arrived just at opening time and one of the knowledgeable staff members told us of their performances and John’s artwork all with entertaining tidbits of insider information.

We headed back towards the bus station passing the Cavern Club again on the way hoping it would be open. It was and we descended the winding stairs for a photo op of the now famous stage. Afterwards, we grabbed some English meat pies for lunch before grabbing our bags and heading off to the airport. Another flight awaited us.