So it has been over a month since I have updated my blog, and I am sure while you have all been just on the edge of your seat to hear what I have been up to in Italy after I returned after Christmas I decided to spare you the details of my massive amounts of studying for final exams and term papers! Now that these trials and tribulations are over I have moved on to more enjoyable activities, such as traveling Europe!
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For the first part of my trip I have been visiting family friends, the Larkins, in England. The Larkins live just outside of Leicester. My first Day here, Thursday, Mary and I went for a bike ride around all the local towns, parks, and surrounding country side. We had lunch in a local park before visiting a cake shop to have hot drinks and cake!
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Tower Bridge in London Friday I went down to London with Mary and Shaun to see some of the sights and visit Ruth. We met Ruth for Lunch and then went our separate ways as she had to go to Class and we went to see some of the touristy stuff. We visited Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge, Millennium Bridge, and walked along a good portion of the Tames River. We spent most of our time inside of Tower Bridge and were able to see how it works (both past and present) and walk up the towers and across the skywalks in the bridge giving us excellent views of London. For dinner we went Ruth's flat where she served us dinner.
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Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford-upon-Avon
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Saturday we went to Stratford-upon-Avon which is the birthplace of Shakespeare. There we went to go see the house in which Shakespeare was born, where he went to school, other old places frequented by him, and his final resting place. While Shakespeare had most of his performances at the Globe Theatre in London there are now several theatres that have shows in Stratford. Unfortunately none of them were showing any plays by Shakespeare, but we were still able to see the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Arabian Nights, which was of course very good!
