Fortunately we were only in that maze of a hotel for one night. We checked out of the hotel in the morning and went on a tour of Shakespeare’s birthplace near our hotel. We saw things like the school he attended when he was younger, the church he was buried in, and of course the […]
Tag: Stratford
Day 6: We’ll Never Be Royals
Unfortunately we had to leave London this morning. Although I was sad to go, I was excited to see more of the United Kingdom and also hopeful that the next place we visited had less sirens. I ate some hotel breakfast and got on the bus to Windsor. Today was the day to visit the […]
Windsor Castle
It’s almost embarrassing that I’ve never been to a castle before, being that I am a fantasy nerd. Windsor Castle was everything I could have wanted and we were lucky to visit on a beautiful, clear spring day. Our tour guide was a gentle, theatrical man with a clear passion for English History. Occasionally he […]
Day Six: Stratford-Upon-Avon.
I spent the previous night dying from, what I assume (or am just writing it off as because I cannot recall a time that I felt so crappy) was hayfever. I thought my allergies were bad back in the States. No amount of medication could have prepared me for the hell I suffered throughout the […]
Day Five: Windsor Castle
I left a small piece of my heart in London and the class departed for Windsor. The town is small and regal-looking, the type of aesthetic one would expect from a quaint little town in England. Picturesque, with cobblestone roads and beautiful scenery. It had a much different vibe than London did. Windsor Castle, the […]
Day Six: From a small town to a slightly bigger city…
I’m a city girl at heart. Everyone knows that. But sometimes it does the soul good to get out of your comfort zone and explore. Waking up in a small town like Stratford-upon-Avon is something of a dream. The quiet, petite town attracts millions of visitors every year because of its most famous resident, William […]
Shakespeare’s Stratford
This morning I had to say goodbye to my lovely hotel room and head through the streets of Stratford Upon Avon. The agenda for to this morning was to see everything Shakespeare before heading on a bus to Liverpool. I have seen many different places related to him and people in his life. We started […]
Day Five: Learning the Royal Way of Life
With an early wake-up call today, we found ourselves leaving London and onto another adventure in a new, royal part of London – Windsor. Windsor is located 25 miles away from London. The most famous attraction in the town of Windsor is, of course, the Windsor Castle. Our tour guide, Simon, gave us an overview […]