We are now officially in Stratford-upon-Avon after a
2 hour bus ride this morning most of which I slept through. That was nice,
considering I didn’t sleep so well last night. But I should probably start with
yesterday.
Yesterday we went to the British Museum which was
very cool. I got to take pictures of as much as I wanted really, which is
great. You will get to see the pictures which will basically give you an idea
of the tour. It is some place that one just has to see on their own really
because there is A LOT. Highlights for me were the Korea and Japan area, the
Rosetta Stone, and the Pompeii exhibit we got to go into. Sadly no pictures of
the last one because the camera was dying. Today is the day that I am taking time
to recharge batteries for the camera.
Then after the museum we went to the Orangery for
tea. It was really, really, REALLY good. The tea was wonderful and the
sandwiches and desserts were tasty. It made me really happy. I totally
recommend going, but just be aware that if you have 3 people go, it is already
going to be about 80 dollars. So, as we were getting ready to leave, a helicopter
decided to land. And what do you know, but there is Prince Charles and Prince
William with a couple other guys and a dog coming off the helicopter. People
were surrounding the area like crazy.
After tea, we went to Oxford Circus and I got to do
some shopping at H&M. 5 stories, four of which have women’s clothes and I
was SO happy to see clothes for cheap. I got comfy cheap outfits that are cute
and are my treat to myself from this trip. We had dinner in Chinatown at this really tasty place called Little Korea that served Korean and Japanese. We had Edamame and yakitori for appetisers. Then I had miso soup and chicken katsu. SO GOOD! Then last night we planned to go
out, but it turned into a fiasco of just ending up spending 2 hours to get to a
place that is not too far away from where we were staying. Just…not good. Because of that I had a very up and down 5 hours of sleep and as soon as I was really into my sleep and dreaming and everything, the alarm goes off. Lovely...
So, now we are at the Grosvenor Hotel in Stratford
and we went and had a nice little lunch at a café that was adorable and had
really funny people working there. We also got to go and visit Holy Trinity
Church, Shakespeare’s grave being in that church. Stratford is a really nice
place. It’s very quiet and quaint and you just can’t help but like it. London
is something, but that is in a city way. This is nice in a relaxing way and I
hope to wind down before we head back to America on Monday.
Most empty room in the ENTIRE place.
I got to geek out a little in here.
Dr. Who in a modern exhibit
I felt like Belle stepping into this room. So full of books and so very, very beautiful.
The Rosetta Stone
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