Stratford photos 2/2

[hils]

Maybe I'll stay here next time *g*


Nash's house. This is where Shakespeare's grandaughter and her husband lived


This made me sad. This garden used to be the house where Shakespeare died. The owner in the 1700s got into an argument about taxes on the house and knocked it down as a result :(


The arches were part of Shakespeare's cellar. That's all that's left of the house


It is a pretty garden but still...


I had afternoon tea in this lovely little tearoom called Hathaway's.


The silly museum again


The foundations of a property believed owned by Shakespeare's father


The theatre where I saw Hamlet


The verse written on Shakespeare's grave


The grave


The stained glass in this church was incredible. It looked almost 3D


A carving of Shakespeare. This was done just a few years after he died, and while his wife was still alive so it is believed to be one of the closest portrayals of what he looked like


The Shakespeare coat of arms above it


The church where Shakespeare is buried


And a trip isn't complete without going on the river


Me!


Pretty bridge


Posh house with its own boathouse


Pretty house through the trees


The church alongside the river


This is how close to the stage I was when I saw Hamlet. I have not used zoom or anything


My present to myself

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

So full of history. I always liked Tudor houses. Reminds me of when I went there with the family, a couple of decades ago, but doesn't seem to have changed much!

[hils.livejournal.com]

It was lovely. I would definitely go back there

[spikewriter]

Oh, that brings back memories of my trip. It was September when I was there as well, and some of it looks much the same as in my photos. Mock the Shakespeare tourist industry all you want (and there is much to mock), but the benefit to visitors is that the old part of town is just so lovely.

Oh, and there was also supposed to be a mulberry tree in the yard of the New Place (the one that got pulled down) that the owner got so annoyed by all the visitors coming and asking about it because it was supposedly planted with Shakespeare's own hands that he cut it down just to spite them!

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I heard about that!!

Bastard!

[cinderella81.livejournal.com]

Wow ... Just so beautiful ... So rich of history ...

[hils.livejournal.com]

It really is an incredible place

[epeters.livejournal.com]

The grounds are so beautiful and you look like you're having a great time.

[hils.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was wonderful :)

[tasabian.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous pics! Were you punting on the river? Looks like lots of fun.

[lexalicious70.livejournal.com]

As an English major, I flailed repeatedly at the pictures here! You saw Shakespeare's GRAVE! WOW!!

You saw so much history there! Looks like you had a lovely time, too!

[hils.livejournal.com]

Hehe! No, I wasn't punting. I just sat there and took pictures while someone else did all the work. LOL

Although the boat had an engine so I suspect there wasn't much work involved

[hils.livejournal.com]

Did you see the first half of the pics that I posted yesterday?

I was more impressed being in the room where he was born

[bogwitch.livejournal.com]

Shaky looked a lot like Richard Whitely.

[hils.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!