Beatlemania!!

Following a long day in Warwick and Stratford, Amanda and I headed out the next day (Feb 27) for another day trip this time through our Uni to Liverpool, home of the Beatles.  As excited as I was about going to Liverpool it didn't quite meet my expectations.  The Beatles museum was amazing though!  They had everything from before they were actually the Beatles right up until they broke up, and even beyond.  I saw John Lennons glasses, his piano and guitar from Imagine, the Abbey Road recording studio, a Yellow Submarine, and all sorts of merchandise.  There was also replicas of Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields, Eleanor Rigbey's grave, and the Cavern Club stage where they played 292 times!  After the museum we headed to the actual Cavern Club where the Fab Four played.  It had been relocated across the street when it closed several years ago but is now back in the original location and rebuilt using the original bricks.  It's still home to many live concerts by many people.  Across from it is the Cavern Club Hall of Fame where all the band names of people who performed at the Club between '57 and '73 as well as some 90's bands all have their names engraved into bricks.  Inside the club there was a band playing and a bunch of people just hanging out.  Almost every inch of brick in the place had been signed by people who have passed through the club wanting to be a part of history.  Unfortunately, none of us knew that we'd be able to sign the wall and had nothing to write with.
After the Cavern Club we thought it might be nice to hit up the World Museum (mostly I saw that it had an aquarium so I wanted to go).  The museum was a bit of a bust, their idea of an aquarium was just a bunch of Nemo fish and some others, no sharks.  On a different floor though, I was pleased to find a section about saving the sharks complete with several shark jaws!  The rest of the museum we went through very quickly, mostly because we had to head back to catch our bus.
Key Points learned that day included never travel with a large group of indecisive people.  Amanda and I   were hanging out with several other exchange students and it took forever for us to make a decision.  Not all aquariums have sharks, or animals larger than my hand for that matter.  If I ever go back to Liverpool I'm doing the Beatles Magical Mystery  Tour that actaully takes you to all the sights in Liverpool, including their childhood homes, school, Penny Lane, and Strawberry Fields.