Today we visited our old friend Will Shakespeare in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Our flatmates joined us on our adventure and we left this morning for our 2 1/2 hour journey. We first went to see Shakespeare's childhood house in the center of town. I've been once before so I didn't go inside the house this time. Instead we just viewed it from the exterior. The house is dead center in the middle of shops and pubs so we wandered a bit and did some shopping (which I'm never opposed to).
We then headed for Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare is buried. Again, this was a repeat visit, but always a good one. Holy Trinity Church is right on the Avon River, which I think is my favorite part about Stratford. We spent a little time down by the river watching people rowing by and playing in the park on the other side. I've now been there twice and still haven't made it across the river. I really need to come back and stay for a considerable more amount of time.
After the river we made the trek to Anne Hathaway's Cottage (not the actress, but Shakespeare's wife). It's about a mile from the church in a more residential part of Stratford. The walk is lovely and we came across a wonderful cat along the way. She was just sitting in a flower bed and let us take pictures and pat her. It seemed to me that her cute positioning in the flowers was not by accident and more of a tourist trap for getting patted on the head.
When we got to Anne Hathaway's Cottage, we were unable to get into the gardens without buying a pass into the house as well...and since Hank and I have already been in the house we decided to just view it from the outside. Silly us for walking all the way there and then not going inside. Oh well. By this time we were all exhausted and ready to go home. Another 2 1/2 hours back to Nottingham. It's really fun visiting all of these places, but the train rides home are a killer. And now I am back in Nottingham...planning adventures for tomorrow and more train rides!
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