Abbey Road

Getting used to this time change is definitely a challenge! Annie and I ended up waking up at about 4am and never could get back to sleep. So we got up and ready and headed out looking at a few places around our hotel area. We visited the Tesco (like a Safeway meets Walgreens) to get a few odds and ends. The only reason I even knew what it was in the first place was from hearing about it in a Lily Allen song. From there we went on to meet up for a London Walk. This is a company that gives walking tours all over the city in all different themes. The walk we chose for today, since we are going to Liverpool tomorrow, was the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour walk. Our guide was very well informed and obviously a huge Beatles fan who has met Paul McCartney several times with pictures to prove it. We saw Paul's London offices, the original Apple offices that was started by The Beatles and also the site of there last live show that was the rooftop performance:

the studio where "Hey Jude" was recorded, and of course, the famous Abbey Road Studios where they recorded "Abbey Road" as well as shot the album cover artwork. It's funny because if you didn't know what it was, it would just be any ordinary crosswalk and actually has quite a bit of traffic passing by. A lot of drivers were laughing at everyone running across the street trying to take pictures of ourselves. Annie and I laughed every time we walked across, but most likely we won't see any of those motorists again :) 

While we were on the tour, we met a really nice girl named Alexis who has been studying abroad here for the past month from Miami. She was incredibly helpful with lots of great advice on all different activities to do and the best way to do them. Alexis, if you get a chance to read this, thanks for all the info! It was super helpful! From the Beatles tour we were off to Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus for food and some shopping. We ate at Planet Hollywood, where Annie found this Joker prop from Batman Returns very exciting as expressed by the look on her face:

We headed back to the hotel early as we have an early wakeup call tomorrow morning. We have to be at the train station at 6:30am for our train ride to Liverpool! Signing off for now.....