We were up early, had breakfast and were ready to go on our tour before the ship docked at Liverpool at 7 a.m. We met in the Masquerade Lounge at 7:45 and got our sticker for the Liverpool and the Beatles tour that departed at 8:15 a.m. We had to walk a bit down the gangplank, up to the street and over to the bus parking lot. We boarded the bus with about 25 others – our guide was Hilary and our driver was Phil.
The first stop on the tour was at
Mathew Street, where the Cavern club is located. There are a number
of tributes to the Beatles along the street. We did not go into the
Cavern club. Back on the bus for a short trip to The Beatles Story
museum. We spent over an hour here, and it had the complete history
of each member of the group, and of the group itself, with headphones
to tell us what we were seeing. Beatles songs blared throughout. We
bought T-shirts in the shop.
Back on the bus, we drove around
Liverpool seeing sights, and stopped at Penny Lane, Strawberry
Fields, and the childhood homes of John and Paul. Then it was back
to the ship at 12 noon. We missed seeing the Queen, but others in
the group did.
Back aboard the ship, we had lunch, and Linda
headed off to the Solarium to swim. I read my book for awhile, then
walked Deck 10, and stopped to play shuffleboard with Luc and Geoff
again. I played poorly with no wind on the deck. I went to get
Linda more Benadryl ($5 for 10 tablets) at the medical center, then
went to the room and watched BBC news and dozed for a bit. I went to
get Linda at 5:15 p.m., and we headed off to dinner at 6 p.m. in the
Aquarius dining room. Edvin told his life story, and gave me a
special chocolate dessert. We went back to the room and Linda went
to bed, while I finished my book and watched TV.
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