Woke up at 4:30 in the morning with the sun in Stratford! Breakfast in our guesthouse was delicious! We headed out on the bus to visit Shakespeare’s birth and death places. I really enjoyed walking in his footsteps for a day. Paul, our lovely bus driver, took us to Oxford after, where we were taken on a tour of the University. Since there is no real university campus and the different colleges of Oxford are in various parts of the city, we had a lot of walking to do! Our tour guide, Jane, did a lovely job of teaching us a little history of the city and university. We also saw a few places where some of the Harry Potter movies have been filmed! (The courtyard where Mad Eye Moody turns Drake Malfoy into a ferret? Yep, I’ve been there.) After the tour, we had a few hours to explore the city, but we spent most of our time inside shops, due to the dreary weather outside. (Yet again, I wore my TOMS. Bad decision.) After such a jam packed few days, rest was very much needed for the evening.
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Shakespeare's grave inside the church. Never been disturbed! cottage where William Shakespeare was born  beautiful courtyard at New College, Oxford University  part of the original Oxford city wall |
Is your bus driver, Paul, Irish?! And while we were traveling in Scotland, we played in the field where Hagrid's house is! Isn't that so neat?
ReplyDeleteYes he is! Paul is the greatest! You know him??
ReplyDeleteAhh! He was our driver too!! For our 10 day tour of the whole island. He actually dated one of our professors for a while after we got back! My friend Michelle Palmer & I used to sit in the front lower seat with him if we weren't feeling well and sing with him. He had an old Macey Gray cd & with his accent he'd sing one of the songs 'I tought I'd see you again'...it became an inside joke with us! I actually accidentally came home with a cd of his by Keane. He used to call me Nicola! This is soo neat!
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