DAY TRIP 6 - Today was looong… nearly an 18 hour day trip! (after 3 hours of sleep…) from around 7:30 am to 1 am. We went to Warwick Castle and Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Warwick Castle was…strange. Not very impressive, and it's owned by Madame Tussauds (of the waxwork museums) so it had been touristified and over-commercialized. In the castle there were wax models of medieval royalty and characters and cheesy princess and dungeon torture tours.
Mary, Ali and I with the falcon guy. and the falcon.
Laura making an awesome face :)
Ali meets the falcon
a cathedral nearby (view from castle top)
We spent the rest of the day at Stratford-Upon-Avon (Shakespeare’s hometown), exploring museums and the town and seeing a 3-and-a-half-hour production of King Lear. We saw Anne Hathaway’s cottage (random…) it was where Shakespeare’s wife grew up. But it was cool sitting in a willow tree hut and listening to a recording of Shakespeare sonnets.
Next we saw Shakespeare’s childhood home (museum tour) and then “Nash House” where he retired (another tour, with a really boring tour guide). Afterwards we had a few hours to explore the town, though there wasn’t much to see. Most of the students ended up at the local Poundland haha. We had dinner at Wetherspoon’s and I got a cottage pie which was gross. Some authentic British cuisines are usually not my favorite. I like flavor in my food.
We read King Lear in class, and I liked seeing it live. Although 3 and a half hours was pretty long. And it’s depressing… nearly everyone dies in the end. Oh Shakespeare.
haha here is Katie Brit Ali and i sitting on top of sleepy Calvin
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