First off on Sunday, October 24th I went and explored Liverpool with the International Society. It was a great little day trip over there. We set off in the morning and once we got there, they had lined up a 2 hour bus tour through Liverpool showing us the sights and what not. They really never talked about the Beatles, which was very ahh... disappointing to Miya, Aaron and Myself as we thought they would pretty much only talk about the Beatles the entire time. But to our knowledge there is much more to Liverpool than just the Beatles. They were one of the first ports for England and did a lot of trading and that is how the country became the mecca it is today. After the bus tour, Aaron, Miya and I went to a fantastic little reasurtant on the pier and had an amazing lunch. I had and "english" club sandwich which consisted of toasted bread, griddled egg, chicken breast, canadian bacon, lettuce and mayo. Which may I just add my opinion it was one of the best sandwiches I have had over on this side of the pond. Proceeding lunch we went to the Beatles museum called the Beatles Story. We spent almost 2 hours looking around there and exploring Beatles history. We though we knew so much but in reality we knew very little. One of the things that caught my attention was the first time they played in America was on the Ed Sullivan and on that night in 1963 there were 75 million American viewers. I did some research and in 1963 that just about half of the American population that tuned into see the Beatles perform. They were mega stars of their time and no matter where a fan was from, they were crazy about the Beatles.
Beatles Crossing Abby Road, which for all you uninformed Americans is actually in London not Liverpool. :)
America loves the Beatles. More to come soon :D
Peace and Love, allie
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