Stratford Upon – Avon

Today is our last full day in Stratford Upon – Avon, so far we have gone to Shakespeare’s birthplace, we went to where he used to go school but unfortunately we were not able to go in without purchasing a ticket, and then we went to see Shakespeare’s grave in Trinity church. Last night we went to go see As you like it, and I have to say I wasn’t a fan. However, I did really like all of the tech aspects of the show like the lighting and the set and especially when the band came down from the ceiling and when the back wall lifted up, but I had a hard time understanding what was happening in the show, and I couldn’t hear them very well.

The city of London and Stratford Upon – Avon feel so different from one another, London is very busy, very loud, and there are people everywhere to where you feel like you have no space. I feel so much more relaxed in Stratford Upon – Avon to where I can just walk and look at things and I don’t feel like I’m holding anyone up. I like how quiet it gets in Stratford Upon – Avon it’s a nice change from the rush of London. Something else I really like about Stratford Upon – Avon is that the town is small and very walkable. London was walkable but everything was so spread out it took a while to get to where we needed to go. I think that Stratford Upon – Avon is a very good place for someone to get some writing done, whether that is a play, musical, book, poem, or sonnet. It is very quiet here and I’m sure in Shakespeare’s time there were far less people than there are right now and there were no cars yet, which create most of the noise here. I think that town is very pretty it is sort of old mixed with new, I can tell that some of the things here are still older, but some of the things have been replaced. 

It’s been really cool to be able to see Shakespeare’s birthplace and Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, I loved getting to see how different the houses were from then until now  It was also cool to be in exactly the same place where these people that we’ve learned so much about used to live. I don’t think that I would like the beds though, they seem really lumpy like they would hurt my back. I really liked learning about how they lived back in the day, something I found very interesting was that sometimes they could fit up to 4 kids in one bed that looked just a little bit bigger than a twin bed I was very impressed. Overall, I have really enjoyed the time we have spent in Stratford Upon – Avon I think that it is a great ending to trip because it is relaxing and quiet, unlike London. I have really enjoyed this whole trip it was a great experience, I have seen so much theatre which has made me even more excited to do it.