I am a daughter of Beatles. Fan anyway. And to celebrate the birthday of my beloved daddy, we went with family on the trail of 4 boys, in Liverpool. It does not sound very sexy weekend in Liverpool, yet it is a journey that I recommend. It is a city with architecture rather anarchic between remnants of an industrial city and modern buildings. It is at the seaside, there are docks, beautifully renovated, boats and pubs and in English tshirt by 15 degrees. (And for girls: TopShop, Primark, Miss Selfridges, Boots, Office ... all English teachers in a perimeter much smaller than in London!).
And it floats in the air of legendary songs, songs that stick you chills. I have the Beatles in the skin and be there in the streets of their childhood, made me nostalgic for an era I never knew. We stayed in a hotel on the docks, and my room happened to be just above the entrance to the Beatles museum, with pop songs released throughout the day, to be quite in the mood.
I was a little afraid of this museum, fear that this is a dark setting embellished with a few dusty relics of the Boys. And fortunately, I was wrong. We discover their childhood, their meeting, early At The Cavern, hysteria room, their genius and conquer the world. There are reconstructions of fun, like a street in Liverpool in the early '60s, the office of their first "manager" in an attic in the city, the record shop "Nems" where they bought their records or within the a plane for their first arrival in NY. We leave on "Imagine" with the regret of not having had this time.
the evening for the 60-year-old dad so we had dinner in one of the nicest pubs I've seen (and I've seen): The Philharmonic Dining Rooms on Hope St where the Beatles had their habits. For those who know little or no English, know that, contrary to received ideas, the English food is delicious, and often even in restaurants, much better than what you find here ...
After that, the cherry on the cake for daddy: the Cavern. The legendary club where we started and where English, if I remember correctly, they played almost 300 times. The street where the club is a little "street of thirst," but when you're in the city's best and most famous band in the world, we apologize good "exploitation." And we are here in this cellar, full of roast beef in beer, there is a concert of a group that will not mark his time but playing well at times and takes a "Love me do" or " Twist and Shout "and we let the nostalgia. You can even find it Livercool ...
The next day, good fans / tourists, we made the "Magical Mystery Tour." Bus. No, no, it's not a joke. English, French, Japanese or American, from 7 to 77 years for a trip to discover the youth of our idols: the houses of their childhood, Penny Lane and his barber, Strawberry Field ... I felt a real emotion to find myself in this bus with all these people to sing with them (yes!). It is a fan or you do not. But I never understand when they are the Beatles, they may not be.
Daddy at the house of his idol Paul.
house Ringo
Sentimental Journey ...
home of John and his Aunt Mimi
