Tuesday and Stratford

I'm a week behind, but this is the first time I've had access to a computer for longer than 10 minutes. Midterms went well on Tuesday, though we didn't get through them all. We had presentations and two midterms for the one (technically two) class. The problem was that the presentations (of course) ended up being longer than anticipated. So we barely had time to write the first essay. We write the second one tomorrow. Then we had to perform our scenes from Midsummer Night's Dream. That went very well, and both of our teachers were impressed.

After the show Tuesday night we went out to the Sports Cafe and had fun, but of course we were out way too late. After a few short hours of sleep it was up and off to Stratford. The train ride was alright, and I slept through most of it, though I was feeling kind of sick. But we checked into our B&B (which was awesome) and then went to the Trinity Church. That's where Shakespeare is buried. It was pretty cool, though I couldn't get any pictures, because I left my camera at the B&B. After a quick dinner we went to Taming of the Shrew and then to bed.

Thursday we went around to four out of the five Shakespeare properties.

Anne Hatheway's (Shakespeare's wife) Cottage:

Mary Arden's (Shakespeare's Wife) House:Shakespeare's Birthplace:Nash's House (these are actually the gardens in the back. Nash was Shakespeare's neighbor, but Shakespeare's house was burned down. These gardens are basically where his house used to be)

After seeing Midsummer Night's Dream that night, we went out to a pub that most of the actors go to and we met one of them (a friend of our teacher). Jared and I retired early, as I was tired and hungry.

As for Friday, we didn't spend any time in Stratford so there's nothing to talk about. After returning from Warwick Castle we went back to London for a few hours of sleep before leaving for Dublin, Ireland.