We arrived in Liverpool, late on Monday evening. We had all of Tuesday to explore all things Beatles and then we flew out early Wed. morning. We woke up and had an amazing breakfast in our hotel restaurant. Our daily breakfast in Norway was a glass of juice, tea, bread, chocolate spread, jam, digestive cookies, rye crackers, cheese and the occasional piece of fruit. Imagine our delight in going to the breakfast bar to find eggs, ham, sausages, grilled tomatoes, mushrooms, yogurt, cereal, granola, dried fruit, juice, porridge, fruit salad, muffins and croissants! Oh my God, we were hungry for a good breakfast. We tried just about everything and left with our stomachs full, ready for our 9am Fab 4 tour.

Our guide was Eddie. He was a big guy with a passion for the Beatles history. The weather was again, bitterly cold. Eddie took us to each site and had us get out of the car as he shared with us the history of this place. We went to each Beatles childhood home, strolled down Penny Lane and had tea and a pastry at the Penny Lane Bakery, We went to the gate of Strawberry Fields, to the Liverpool Institute where George and Paul went to school, to the Church where the Quarrymen had a concert in which Paul McCartney was there and introduced himself to John Lennon. Eddie drove us around for 4 hours filling our heads with stories and details of the Beatles lives,

When we returned to our hotel, we headed right over to the Beatles Story, a museum of Beatles memorabilia situated right next door to our hotel. There Niko and Sam continued to drink in every detail. Me? I was done in half the time and spent my time browsing the gift shop.

All in all in was a very good day. We realized that a day in Liverpool was just too short. It was long enough to do the Beatles experience, but not long enough to take in this thriving city.