Today we went to Stratford-upon-Avon to see the birthplace and burial site of William Shakespeare. It was pretty neat, but the cold wet weather made walking around slightly less enjoyable. It was nothing compared to weather and temperatures at home though so it really isn't much to complain about. It was cool seeing everything, but one thing that stands out is that a lot of it was not 100% positive on it being correct information. They would say this is probably the site where this happened, so if ten years from now when we discover that it actually wasn't, the money you gave us will have been to see something that isn't actually what you wanted to see or what we advertised it as.
We began at Anne Hathaway's house, went to the Shakespeare birthplace, Nash's house, Hall's Croft, and to the Holy Trinity Church where his bones and the bones of some of his family are buried. It was a very nice and very old church dating back to 1210. It is a church of England now but I think it used to be a Roman Catholic place.
Tomorrow we will be heading to Broughton Castle. It is nice to not have to worry about studying for exams or writing papers anymore, but there are still lots of books and plays for this semester that I have not read yet.
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