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 …
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
Today we went to The Victoria and Albert Museum, to be honest I liked looking around at all the different things that the museum had to offer, but I had a really hard time finding things that I could relate to any of the shows that we have seen. Eventually I found a few! The …
Fringe Theatre – How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
On Monday we saw the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Southwark Playhouse! Before coming on this trip to London I didn’t really know what fringe theatre was, but throughout the last few weeks I have learned that fringe theatre is just a smaller space like a blackbox theatre or a …
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Westminster Abbey
Today we toured Westminster Abbey with our guide Molly, I loved the design of the building I think it is a beautiful church and I liked looking at all the different architecture that was inside. I think that Westminster Abbey is beautiful and it is a good option for the coronations to take place at, …
Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre
I really enjoyed going to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to see A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Comedy of Errors! I enjoyed the plays a lot more than I thought I would, I have never been big Shakespeare fan because I get confused when trying to read and understand the language, but watching the plays are so …
Hampton Court Palace
Today we went on a day trip to Hampton Court Palace, I thought that the palace and the gardens surrounding the palace were beautiful! It was so cool to be able to see where so many important people lived throughout history and be in a place with so much history inside of it’s walls. The …
National Gallery
Yesterday we went to the National Gallery, honestly I have realized that I really don’t like going to any kind of museum. I just don’t have the attention span and I don’t want to stand there all day and analyze each and every picture I find that they all start to look the same after …
Once on this Island
Last night we saw the musical Once on this Island at the open air theatre in Regents Park. I think that an open air theatre is a really creative idea and I really enjoyed being outside in nature where you never know what might happen. Weather, animals, or the environment around the theatre. I liked …
Lunch at Burough Market
Burough Market, so many people so many choices! I have never seen so many options for somewhere to eat and they had anything and everything you could have imagined, it had every kind of food from chicken dishes, to burgers, Pad Thai, various types of seafoods, fish and chips, fruits and fruit juice, and so …
The Curious day trip to Bath
Yesterday was a very full day! We got out to an early start, we left the hotel around 9:30 am and didn’t get home until 11:15 pm. We took a few tubes to get to Paddington train station and then we caught a train to Bath. We almost didn’t make it on the train due …
Theatre in London U of A 