Liverpool+Beatles=Crazy friends

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYCQO3kkX5iMonSDJqTaO86ZYZnhTW1OUvoBSquYKKURoZEw5T1yq1EayHh3MxYloizUfuoarIM4dm26PNgbfl40BWBiVdZTciDd2BCc2UDnAaUKztJB1lyoys2bw35K1l-qt03pMqdJv/s1600/375715_10151175836368313_257610042_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoYCQO3kkX5iMonSDJqTaO86ZYZnhTW1OUvoBSquYKKURoZEw5T1yq1EayHh3MxYloizUfuoarIM4dm26PNgbfl40BWBiVdZTciDd2BCc2UDnAaUKztJB1lyoys2bw35K1l-qt03pMqdJv/s640/375715_10151175836368313_257610042_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I went to Liverpool ! </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am choked!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't imagine how beautiful this city is before, I always heard about this city because of Beatles, and the travel was all about the Beatles. We went for just 2 days :( I wish I could stay for more time! </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once there I saw many other things to do for non-Beatles maniacs! The city is gorgeous, many modern buildings mixed with old buildings. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I didn't knew about that but it is an "party city". I met a guy in the hostel, who said he was there to celebrate his friend birthday, and the night clubs are insane! </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were hosted at the HOAX hostel </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(£29.00)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> at Mathew Street,  the famous street of the Cavern Club where the B<span style="background-color: white;">eatles</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> played for 292 times, from February 1961 to August 1963, i</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">n</span> the beginning of their career. The hostel was fine, the decoration was really nice and the food was delicious! </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we arrived on Saturday by bus, it was my first experience with the famous Mega bus ( tickets 10,00£)  I knew that travels by bus are always late so we departed at "eight something" from Victoria Station and arrived at 14:30, and our tour was at 15:00, it was funny - we had to run behind the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Magical Mystery Tour</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> bus!</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC4gaM0mtynbKqKor5s0zwqdq-0cfiXGLFL0P_ZiI5Z3mvjLwChar2qAYtJ2wKXetyWhPsjMCdf9ublLExazsIcOgTzmlq4IWD0h7JWR3v-IXIVElqlhlVxJvZmSstJqOaXXp6jUEE1A-/s1600/logo_booknow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkC4gaM0mtynbKqKor5s0zwqdq-0cfiXGLFL0P_ZiI5Z3mvjLwChar2qAYtJ2wKXetyWhPsjMCdf9ublLExazsIcOgTzmlq4IWD0h7JWR3v-IXIVElqlhlVxJvZmSstJqOaXXp6jUEE1A-/s320/logo_booknow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.cavernclub.org/the-magical-mystery-tour">http://www.cavernclub.org/the-magical-mystery-tour</a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">Magical Mystery Tour</span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> bus </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(£15.00)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> departs from The Albert Dock, a stunning place. I will come back to talk about it;</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The tour starts at the <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Tourist Information Centre at Albert Dock</span> and  takes you to see the Beatles childhood homes, schools and colleges and you'll get up close to the places that inspired some of their most memorable songs - <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Penny Lane and Strawberry Field</span><a href="http://www.cavernclub.org/tour-itinerary" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">...</a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ll be kept entertained along the way by one of our professional Beatles Guides and some Fab Four tunes.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tour finishes at the legendary Cavern Club where you can enjoy some live music from the Cavern's resident musicians. Your tour ticket also gives you free admission to the Cavern Club to return in the evening!" </span></div> <div style="border: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-- Text from their web site. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The tour time is around 2 hours and finishes by Mathew Street where we can find a very nice Beatles Store under the Hard Days Night hotel :P</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;">After that we rested for a while and went to THE CAVERN CLUB! We had tickets to the Saturday night with Beatles (£15.00) where people can watch a concert by a cover band!</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;">In the next day we went to </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">the main shop street, their Lego store is gigantic! After that, at</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;"> the Albert Dock we visited the Liverpool Museum, I do recommend this museum - it is very well designed and </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">organized. </span></span><br /> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;">And to finish, the </span><span style="line-height: 15px;">Beatles Story museum! Where they show their history chronologically. </span><a href="http://www.beatlesstory.com/">http://www.beatlesstory.com/</a></span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hostel is in the way to the bus stop so it helped logistically.</span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The places we did not have the time to visit were the Anglican Cathedral, the Liverpool stadium and the Chinese Museum. </span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJby6uQS9hvwvziIlVRdv6iTF0mLnuFIeNELkS6SlqXFTL4c1BwVPjdf3aB68KOUnEVu3qW2wuZ8DFXqgCEiIj4iowG6ceLf0DEOkBBVorBmgCz8D-xps4HBJ8kp1DV45glpeKZmfr3lZ/s1600/anglican.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJby6uQS9hvwvziIlVRdv6iTF0mLnuFIeNELkS6SlqXFTL4c1BwVPjdf3aB68KOUnEVu3qW2wuZ8DFXqgCEiIj4iowG6ceLf0DEOkBBVorBmgCz8D-xps4HBJ8kp1DV45glpeKZmfr3lZ/s320/anglican.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/">http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk</a></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I want to come back with my parents or somebody who enjoys Beatles or not! hahahaha let's go?</span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS: The food is cheaper than London </span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope it helps! </span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bye, see you next post.</span></div> <div style="text-align: start;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></span> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

Liverpool+Beatles=Crazy friends

I went to Liverpool !  I am choked! I didn't imagine how beautiful this city is before, I always heard about this city because of B...

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The Lion King musical! You must go!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi033g1t-TIinmph_YtXLcTfvRcp59hec2aYtAo477xm6aeLZyUpMzYIVlV814m8p7VweN5-larkCK4tfnpNMfVG9mvaOD12qNWnEWBRhTlSr7nSGgqyZs3HRgSZKSI62SnHwYLsnYEX_Yz/s1600/36244a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi033g1t-TIinmph_YtXLcTfvRcp59hec2aYtAo477xm6aeLZyUpMzYIVlV814m8p7VweN5-larkCK4tfnpNMfVG9mvaOD12qNWnEWBRhTlSr7nSGgqyZs3HRgSZKSI62SnHwYLsnYEX_Yz/s1600/36244a.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.thelionking.co.uk/">http://www.thelionking.co.uk/</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aT6UKP0Q2GWDwJwkERkyGXsRU1ehJHBr6xHkvCc6GuVJwTf_dTBjoLWdhMjgdhAutU8OYDLywCBpZlzYQ5eHdzAS24k0sHAHQ19lBHG6ofAtbmp-3Pnv00sM78rP22WAJlQwi3ObHYpJ/s1600/TheLionKing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0aT6UKP0Q2GWDwJwkERkyGXsRU1ehJHBr6xHkvCc6GuVJwTf_dTBjoLWdhMjgdhAutU8OYDLywCBpZlzYQ5eHdzAS24k0sHAHQ19lBHG6ofAtbmp-3Pnv00sM78rP22WAJlQwi3ObHYpJ/s320/TheLionKing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pgZtzDj_7o">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pgZtzDj_7o</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was the best clip I found on youtube. there are many others and i can't stop watching.</span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the most amazing things I saw in my life! </span></div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The expectation:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since I was a kid this movie makes me reflect a lot, because the history is about family being an example to their kids and kids being proud of their family, about how life is difficult,  friends and of course, represented by the name of one of the most important songs (The Circle of Life).  </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The atmosphere:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Lyceum Theatre<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> is a 2,100-seat </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="West End theatre">West End theatre</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> located in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Westminster" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">, on Wellington Street, just off the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strand,_London" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Strand, London">Strand</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">. There has been a theatre with this name in the locality since 1765, and the present site opened on 14 July 1834 to a design by </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Beazley" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Samuel Beazley">Samuel Beazley</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyceum_Theatre,_London#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> The building was unique in that it had a </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balcony" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px; text-decoration: none;" title="Balcony">balcony</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> overhanging the dress circle. It was built by the partnership of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morton_Peto" style="background-color: white; background-image: none; color: #0b0080; line-height: 19.1875px;" title="Samuel Morton Peto">Peto & Grissell</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">The music: </span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Legend Award.  In the early 1990s, Elton collaborated with lyricist Tim Rice on the soundtrack for </span><em style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Lion King, </em><span style="line-height: 18px;">winning him an Academy Award®.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> The album produced two top-selling, award-winning singles: “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” and “Circle of Life.” </span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Tony® Award-winning Broadway productions of </span><em style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Lion King </em><span style="line-height: 18px;">and </span><em style="border: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Aida</em><span style="line-height: 18px;">both awarded Elton with GRAMMYS® for Best Musical Show Album.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Also, many other incredible producers and musicians.</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Stage:</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Seriously? The stage </span><span style="background-color: white;">folds</span><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><span style="background-color: white;">unfolds</span><span style="background-color: white;"> like origami, </span><span style="background-color: white;">it's</span><span style="background-color: white;"> unbelievable!!!</span></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The costumes and make-up:</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BtL5mOGs0U"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BtL5mOGs0U</span></a><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are 2 costumes at V&A. I used to go there frequently and I had seen it before but now that I have watched the musical I will pay more attention. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The actors:</span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">They are perfect; no mistakes, singers and dancers, very intense and complex choreography. They must be very disciplined to make it all work. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The kid actors playing Simba and Nala are so cute.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My opinion:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do recommend this musical, As I said before it was one of the best experiences in my life,</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I was crying when the <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">stage curtains opened with the first song !!!</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">Bye see you next post!</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">references:</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span> <a href="http://www.thelionking.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.thelionking.co.uk/</span></a><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wikipedia</span><br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

The Lion King musical! You must go!

http://www.thelionking.co.uk/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pgZtzDj_7o This was the best clip I found on youtube. there a...

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