Yesterday we visited Stratford-upon-Avon, which is the birthplace of William Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway. Some of you may have heard of him.... Well, we only were there for a short time, and we had heard that the best place to visit was Anne Hathaway's cottage, where she grew up, and was courted by young William. The cottage still has a thatched roof, and had been added onto, but was still neat to go through. There was also a walk through the woods you could go on that was very pretty. It was incredible to think that we were in some of the same rooms that Shakespeare had been in. They had gotten a special marriage licence (40 pounds which was a 2 year salary of a teacher) and then Anne moved into the Shakespeare home. Soon after, Shakespeare disappeared to London where he was an actor, and wrote his plays. He came back to Anne and his children later, and bought the second largest house in the village. He would've been a millionaire in today's standards. It was a cute little cottage. Afterwards, we roamed the streets for awhile, and it was mostly just a shopping center. The kids had McDonalds, and later that night, Jo, Coryell and I went to a pub called the Wild Duck in Ewen. I love eating at the pubs. They seem to embody much of the British culture. It was very delicious, and of course we had sticky pudding that was to die for. If you go to England, definitely go to pubs, because the environment is really authentic and they usually have good British food.
Anne's Cottage
These are the candles used at The Wild Duck...
This is my class at church, I'm going to miss them.
We took a walk to the horses tonigh, and there was a beautiful sunset. Its hard to capture those perfect pictures.
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