Stratford-upon-Avon
Travel Blogs from Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
I have no other but a woman's reason
... way back from Manchester, hey we had a car (hired) and so the road was at our command. Adrian had been to Stratford upon Avon before and so happily told us stories of what he remembered from his visit. He took us along to the house where ...
No rain but too damned windy for my liking
... we wandered around the street market and then headed back to pick up our bags. At around 3pm we set off for Stratford-Upon-Avon. The weather had been overcast and very windy all day and the temperature had dropped to 18oC. There was heavy cloud all ...
Shakespeare territory
As we only have 20 days to "do" all of the UK, we have to keep moving each day. So far we have been seeing a town in the morning then riding to the next city. This has made me very tired in the evenings so we decided to switch it round to ride first ...
Stratford-Upon-Avon (World)
"Drama, the Bard, and Ghosts at Shakespeare's Birthplace" DH and I went to Stratford-upon-Avon on, yes, you guessed it, a tour. This tour was the Oxford, Stratford, Warwick Castle Tour by Evan Evans out of London. Most of our time was spent at William ...
Stratford Upon Avon, England
... takes place on the weekend nearest to the 23rd April. Tourism was responsible for the later tremendous growth of Stratford's Shakespeare Industry, and the arrival of the Great Western Railway in 1860 brought trippers from the nearby populous industrial ...
"There's no place like home in the holidays..."
Surprises are funny things. People have a tendency to look right through you because you are so massively out of context. Some people stop breathing. Some people do double takes. Tears are shed and laughter shared. It is a moment so prepared ...
On to Straford-Upon-Avon
... Churchill. It was quite impressive in that it was simple with no pretense of greatness. This afternoon we visited Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's birthplace. Tonight's hotel is considerably better than the one in London and our new guide has begun ...
Day 11: Oxford - Stratford-upon-Avon: The "Baa"rd
... quite happy with a strange concoction of multiple types of cereal. Jess thinks Bernie is weird. We then made our way to Stratford-upon-Avon. We arrived at about 10am, after just making our train in the morning. We appear to have running for the train ...
Stratford Is AMAZING!!!
... and going up and down stairs they have been doing. We have been having a great time. We have made it to Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the birthplace of WIlliam Shakespeare, it is also where he retired to, We are planning on going to ...
Shakespeare/Dickens Study Course
So I just had my Fulbright/British Council Study Course in Stratford Upon Avon. The weekend came and went so fast I can't believe it's already over. I just got home after a lovely drive through the British countryside back from Stratford. It was a ...
Stratford-Upon-Avon and a Bard
... Once again mum and I jumped into the trusty Golf but it was only a short trip east to our destination. Stratford-Upon-Avon is a beautiful and very historic town made famous by a certain William Shakespeare. Surprisingly it wasn't crowded considering the ...
Shakespeare: The Final Frontier
... A Midsummer Nights Dream starring an all male cast on the lawn in front of Royal Crescent, which was hilarious. Am now in Stratford, and apart from paying exorbitantly high prices for a bed I am content. I saw Patrick Stewart in Antony and Cleopatra on ...
Stratford-Upon-Avon
We checked out all things Shakespeare here, including his home, his grave, and Twelfth Night performed by the RSC ...
...and still more to see...
... a few times now, and was excited to find a place near here is called Melbourne!!! pretty sleepy little town, but I did spot the Australian flag there. Stratford was amazing- so much Shakespeare accessorizing! and i even spotted prince charles ...
The time has come!
We fly today! Kim and Fran are in Stratford, waiting (and last-minute shopping) to head to Heathrow, while Nicky and Jules are cooling their heels in Crawley (fit). The teeny backpacks are pretty much full, and Fran and Kim have been discussing the ...
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears!
Howdy!!! Hope you are all having as much fun at home as we have been having here. We made it to my favorite part of the whole trip today! I am not joking, I got to see where William Shakespeare was born, where he died, where his wife lived, and ...
So it's been awhile...
... Transport Museum and met some of the cast of the West End Lion King at a dance studio. Saturday I went to Stratford Upon Avon with the school aka Shakespeare land. We visited Anne Hathaway's house (Shakespeare's wife not the actress), Shakespeare's grave ...
Stratford-upon-Avon
Saturday Rise and shine at 5:30am, tidy up and off we go, still able to arrive at Stratford upon Avon by sparrow fart, which we do, so to speak. Tonight's caravan park is already booked in so we take the "Park and Ride" into the town. A very nice, old, ...
What's in a Name?
QUESTION 1: Black Swan or Dirty Duck? My meeting with fellow Shakespeare tragic (and friend from university) Briony was almost derailed by some odd British humor. We had made some vaguish arrangement to meet at a pub I recalled being across the road ...
Stratford Upon Avon
Another nice day. We started off early to get on our way to Stratford Upon Avon. We got rained on a little bit during the drive, but everything cleared up by the time we'd gotten to our destinations. The best part is that basically the entire drive was ...
WiFi at last!
... Oz to confirm arrangements, he "forgot" to leave the keys for my apartment at the designated place. I had arrived in Stratford-upon-Avon very hot, bothered, and late and was looking forward to a quick shower and freshen up before heading to the theatres ...
Make it So! (Patrick Stewart Alert)
Well, the World Cup finally started today for England. You can imagine how bad it has been. The folk here are obsessed. The fate of Wayne Rooney's broken toe has gripped the nation for the past week - we had live updates from the hospital all through ...
Co robyt, ak je nahodou casu nazvys - cestovat...
... kde je tu sever :-))))) Warwick a Leamington mam teda celkom zdolany, takze ideme dalej 15km odtialto sa nachadza mestecko Stratford upon Avon. Toto mestecko zije len vdaka jednej veci /tak ako Senec z jazier/. Narodil sa tu William Shakespeare. Tu sa ...
My mistresses eyes are nothing like the sun...
... city that basically worships anything his hands may have once touched? It's sort of odd in a sense, but I loved every second of Stratford. The town was bigger than Salisbury, and had a lot more people, which I loved. The town itself was gorgeous, cut ...
Shakespeare's Birthplace
We arrived in Stratford Upon Avon on (5/9/04) Sunday evening. Having no place to stay we just followed the signs from the station saying "Town Centre". Eventually we ended up passing the American Fountain (more like Statue Of Big Clock actually) and ...
To blog or not to blog that is the question.....
So today we took the bus to Stratford-upon-Avon....YEAH!!!! Shakespeare's place!!!! The first thing we did was go see the grave stone in the Holly Trinity Church. The church had the most beautiful stain glass and statues/ carvings of William ...
The Birthplace of Shakespeare
Stratford-upon-Avon is both the birthplace of William Shakespeare and the place where he is buried and because of this it is practically a Mecca for English and Literature majors. Apparently people have been making pilgrimages there since the 1700's to ...
Shakespeare Country
... ready for a day out in the countryside. Marta and Imtiaz came around 7:30 and we were off. The whole trip to Stratford-upon-Avon took almost 3 hours, but we stopped along the way for morning tea and coffee. Eventually we arrived at Stratford and, ...
Gayle-upon-Avon (sorry Briony)
Well here I am. The apology to Briony is becasue I stole her idea for the title. We (briony and I), are haviong great fun. Seen many plays. Been to Warwick castle. We're off up to London tomorrow to see Coriolanus at the Globe. Then I better get ...

