5/30/2019,
Liverpool
We were greeted by a vocal band at Liverpool's cruise terminal,
which doubled as a Tourist Information center.
Our ship can be seen on the left hand side of the picture.
Larger-than-Life statues of the Fab Four on a walkway.
We took this RED HOHO bus, but first confirmed with the driver he was
doing the BLUE route.
We wanted to complete the longer route first.
Partial map of the BLUE route, going outside the city to see the Beatles' roots.
A street we drove by.
Penny Lane.
A Fab Four Taxi Tour's taxi was also at Penny Lane.
Strawberry Field, which has changed hands and now is owned by the Salvation Army.
The quiet and idyllic neighborhood where John Lennon and Paul McCartney's
childhood homes are.
John Lennon's childhood home.
He lived here from 1945 to 1963, until he was 22.
This house belonged to John's Aunt Mimi and Uncle George.
John grew up with his mother's sister (Mimi) and Mimi's husband (George).
Taking photos of John Lennon's childhood home from inside our HOHO bus.
The town house with a red strip on the roof was Paul McCartney's childhood
home.
After we looped back to the waterfront, we changed to a different HOHO bus to
go on a Red route for the city sights.
This is the Royal Albert Dock,
which is now a huge complex of museums, offices, shops and restaurants.
The bus used for city route.
A museum (but don't recall its name.)
The rejuvenized Liverpool train station.
Chinatown gate.
Museum of Liverpool where we spent several hours,
having lunch, using free WIFI and viewing the exhibition.
Vincent in the museum in front of John and Yoko Ono's photo.