Day 2 Liverpool

 We awake after a very good night of restorative sleep.  We were ready for a good day of visit.  We started without rushing.  

We went on Albert dock where Ginette bought some souvenirs.  We were in the Beatles shop and we exclaimed in front every display. "Oh! Look at this! I will buy one like this. Look at that I will buy one like that."  

We follow our way until we arrive in front those four lads.  It was amazing to see so many people around the Beatles statue, taking photos with them and to notice there was a big statue of an historical figure which no one paid attention to.  

At this point, we hadn't decided if we would do the little one-hour cruise on the Mersey River, but when we ask when would be the next depart, they told us is was in 1 minute. We bought our ticket and we jumped in the boat!

After the cruise, we went to see the exposition at The Open Eyes Gallery.  It was a sad exposition, displaying photos of war atrocities, genocide or political abuses from around the world. 

Then it was time for lunch and rest.

We followed this journey with an apero at The Cavern Club.  Oh my god, how emotional it was to be there with Ginette who is fan as much as me.  There were moments when we couldn't hold back our tears of emotion.  We stayed there almost 2 hours singing and crying.  

 

There is a short video of the performance, just to feel the ambiance.

at the Cavern

Then we walked to the Philharmonic dinning room  for our supper.  We got lost and ended up at the corner of Paradise and Church.  Again !  Well after going around in circles for a while, we saw the beautiful installation at St-Luke Church. 

We founded our way and we arrived just in time for our reservation.   The Philharmonic dinning room is a famous pub in Liverpool where Paul made an intimate and surprise apperance to the delight of the dinning patrons during the filming of the Carpool Karaoke. We just imagine how magic it should have been.  We were sit in the room where it actually happened. 

Paul at the Philharmonic

It was another very emotional moment being in that beautiful place.  The pie was delicious.  John Lennon said once :  the worst thing about being The Beatles was not being able to have a pint in the Phil.

We came back walking and we passed in from the LIPA (Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts)

We made our way without getting lost.

P.S.  It is confirmed : You can be Beatles fan and passionate about knitting.