My impressions of stratford are good I would say. It is less loud than London, which is very nice. It still has quite a lot of people during its busy times. There are certainly a lot of restaurants for such a small town, this is definitely because it is a tourist town.
The trip was London to Stratford upon Avon was really not that bad, it was about three and a half hours on the bus. It was super hot outside but the bus had air conditioning and was pretty cold which really made the trip a hundred times easier. Hearing that it was a four day journey in Shakespeare time was crazy! Having to camp for three nights, in the woods, with the danger of wolves and thugs is quite the trek. The food in this little town has been quite delicious. The afternoon teas were some of my favorite here. Today was quite fun because we went to a cat cafe! It was home to eleven cats, three of which were tiny little playful kittens from the same litter. I recently lost my cat of 15 years so it was very nice, but also emotional invoking to be around so many cats. Im glad we ate upstairs, because the downstairs seating smelled like a litter box, because thats where they were kept. If we had to stay and eat down there, I think i would have had a much different experience. Before the cat cafe we ate at Nando’s. Overall, it was a 7/10. The food was fine and all of the sauces tasted very similar. They were all essentially a buffalo sauce base, or tasted like someone had mixed in a couple herbs to a mild taco bell sauce.
We also visited Anne Hathaway’s cottage. It was a very cute plot of land, being home to many trees, shrubbery, and flowers mentioned in Shakespeare stories. And there would be a little plack that had the play name and the quote of the aforementioned item in nature. There was also some statues and art pieces scattered around the land. Some of which were more straightforward, and some of which were interpretive. Which I quite enjoyed.
Overall I loved this trip to London. Now im going to sleep for the next 20 hours.
Theatre in London U of A 