
In the Cavern Quarter, Liverpool
A bit of Beatlemania is evident on Stanley Street near the Cavern Club and other venues

A bit of Beatlemania is evident on Stanley Street near the Cavern Club and other venues

The ashram where the Beatles famously went in the 1960s to practice meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yoga, has now re-opened for visitors, with walking trails and gardens. The Beatles left after a few months, and disagreements with the Maharishi, who nonetheless became a world-famous figure. Once he left the area, near the Ganges in the Rajaji national park, it slid toward abandonment, and closed in the 1970s. It has been overtaken by forest, but has now been cleared. DVS Khati, chief…
Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre landscaped section in New York City’s Central Park that is dedicated to the memory of Beatles member John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles song “Strawberry Fields Forever”. The memorial is a…

TravelGumbo now draws your attention to Liverpool. It was the EU’s 2008 Capital of Culture winner. It’s a fantastic city with some of the best free museums I’ve seen anywhere.

A bit of Beatlemania is evident on Stanley Street near the Cavern Club and other venues

The ashram where the Beatles famously went in the 1960s to practice meditation with the Maharishi Mahesh Yoga, has now re-opened for visitors, with walking trails and gardens. The Beatles left after a few months, and disagreements with the Maharishi, who nonetheless became a world-famous figure. Once he left the area, near the Ganges in the Rajaji national park, it slid toward abandonment, and closed in the 1970s. It has been overtaken by forest, but has now been cleared. DVS Khati, chief…
Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre landscaped section in New York City’s Central Park that is dedicated to the memory of Beatles member John Lennon. It is named after the Beatles song “Strawberry Fields Forever”. The memorial is a…

TravelGumbo now draws your attention to Liverpool. It was the EU’s 2008 Capital of Culture winner. It’s a fantastic city with some of the best free museums I’ve seen anywhere.