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By Paul Iorio The writer of this piece at around 7am on August 11, 2025.  [Self-timed photo by Paul Iorio.] Yes, crossing Abbey Road may be a tourist cliche, but it also may be one of the main reasons to visit London, particularly if you're in the mood to celebrate the previously unreleased Beatles recordings and video footage being released this fall.   Truth is, people actually do have genuine fun walking the zebra crossing that the Beatles strolled across 56 years ago this month in a photo shoot for the "Abbey Road" album cover; tourists take off their shoes, do funny dances and get creative in all sorts of ways as their friends snap shots.  [Check out the 24/7 Abbey Road live cam.  Abbey Road live cam ]   I don't think visitors take off their shirts and whoop it up when they see the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum.  In fact, it's a mostly dour crowd in some queues outside some of the main attractions -- full of people who are probably dyi...