Such stuff as dreams are made on

I know I know it has been way to long, so this is me playing catch up. The weekend of the 12th I was once again gone into the pages of a book driving to the fair city of Stratford. The city of Stratford the home and birthplace of none other than William Shakespeare himself. As I was on my way I was thinking cool Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, this will be interesting. But once I got there my travel buddy Erica (a drama major from California) was bursting at the seems in excitement. We first decided to take a open bus tour around the city and to Anne Hathaway's cottage. The city is very old and beautiful and I learned quite a bit about ol' Shakespeare.

Here in Hull we have city and not to much on the nature. But here at the cottage they had a wooded path way around the back of the house. This area was like a refreshing breathe of clean air. The trees were so green with moss over their bark. As it is early March and no leaves have started to grow it was good to see some color that looks like spring.

After this we went back to the center of town and took pictures with the statues of Shakespeare and his famous characters. The day was bright and warm and Erica and I decided to walk to the other 3 houses that are apart of the Shakespeare tour. We made it to the Church were he is buried, it looked very much so traditional English. 
Though this church has capitalised on the fact that Shakespeare's bones are laid here it was still cool to see. Plus Shakespeare is probably the only person to write a curse on his tomb that is laid in a church. The curse stating:  

GOOD FRIEND FOR JESUS SAKE FORBEARE,
TO DIGG THE DUST ENCLOASED HEARE.
BLESE BE THE MAN THAT SPARES THES STONES,
AND CURST BE HE THAT MOVES MY BONES.  

(No my spelling doesn't suck it is the spelling of the stone!)

Next we went to his birth house, and here camera's were not allowed but it was very fun to walk through. They have made it to were you get a feel for the time period and you see many sayings and words that we use today due to the good ol' man. In all Stratford was a fun city and I learned that Shakespeare was an amazing writer and a still better insulter, "More of your conversation would infect my brain" might just be my new favorite quote!

The Next day we were in Cotwold and though there wasn't very much to do in the very pretty little town we did walk around the area and found this spot where the country side went of forever. Erica and I both agreed that it was just like a part from our favorite books. 

All in all it was a relaxing trip!!