liverpool, england

Even though Liverpool was three hours away by train, we wanted to go there anyways. Our train pass has more than enough days left on it so we thought hey why not? We changed trains in Leeds, where we had a quick breakfast before continuing on the way. The main draw of Liverpool is probably the fact that it's where the Beatles were born and all met. The night before, Mike had downloaded all the Beatles albums and we listened to them the whole way there, haha. We took this bus tour called "The Magic Mystery Tour", lol. It was kind of expensive ($24 canadian), but it was really cool. Plus we've been saving a lot of money by staying with Radek. Our tour guide was pretty funny, and took us all around town showing us the houses where each Beatle was born/lived, the schools they went to, the real Penny Lane, the real Strawberry fields, and the Cavern Club where they used to play (along with a lot of other really famous bands - the rolling stones, jimi hendrix, eric clapton, etc..) When we stopped at Paul McCartney's house, this guy came out that looked just like him. He said his name was John Holiday, but I really wouldn't be surprised if he was related somehow and was just telling us that. The tour finished off at the Cavern Club and we bought a couple of souvenirs, then headed to The Beatles Experience Museum. We didn't have time to go in the museum, but checked out their gift shop where Mike got a couple more things.

We didn't know what time our train back was, so we just headed to the station. It was pulling away JUST as we got there, which meant we would have to wait another 2 hours. We went and had dinner - at Nandos! By the time we got back to Harrogate it was after 11pm.