"Love comforteth like sunshine after rain"

I spent this past weekend in Stratford, the birthplace and homestead of the legendary William Shakespeare.  My family lives not far from the city and took us on the town for the weekend.  So fun!  We visited Shakespeare's birthplace and his burial ground as well as going to see one of his plays entitled, "The Tempest." We also toured Gloustershire and the Cotswolds on the English countryside.  Here are some photos:

In front of Broadway Tower

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Holy Trinity Church (where Shakespeare is buried)

*This is for you Poppy

Our Ireland trip... that turned into Bath

One of the biggest disappointments so far was our canceled trip to Dublin, Ireland.  Yet we made the best of our travel break by turning it around and going to Bath instead!  Here are some photos from our awesome weekend in Bath:

Bath Abbey

Corset fitting in the Costume Muesum

Roman Baths

Tea in the Pump Room

The Royal Crescent

Pultney Bridge

Instead of the Super Bowl

It is snowing in Oxford!  Last night we were getting ready to watch the Super Bowl (at midnight!) and it started to snow!  Of course we all went to go play in it instead of watching football.  Here are some photos of our fun:

We had so much fun!  It was like being a kid again.  Everyone was going crazy!  Snowball fight is still to come!  Cheers!

Cheers!

So since I last wrote I have gone to London for a day trip last weekend!  It was awesome!  We got to see Wicked, ride a double-decker bus, tour the Big Ben, Parliament, Buckingham Palace, and got to see the crown jewels in the Tower of London.  We had so much fun!  Here are some pictures:

I also got to go on more tours around Oxford for class.  

Funny Story:  I had an assignment to go on a walk along the Thames River in Oxford and to visit little villages along the way for class.  So my friend, Suzanne and I went on the walk and toured the churches and sites that had to be seen.  It was in the beautiful English countryside.  After the walk our directions told us to take a bus back to Woodstock Road.  So we find a bus stop and get on the bus that says: Woodstock.  We ask the bus driver just to make sure, "Are you headed towards Woodstock?"  She says, "No, but I can take you to the stop that a bus is going in that direction."  So we got on.  She drops us off to wait for a second bus and after a half and hour or so the bus comes.  We get on and are absolutely exhausted at this point!  As we watch all the streets we pass, we get a weird feeling about the direction we were going in.  We get off the bus and find out that we were actually in the town of Woodstock instead of Woodstock Road.  We were soooo mad!  (lesson no. 2: Clarify where you want to go when entering a bus, even if it seems like a stupid question) 

Later in the week we went to Christ Church where they filmed some scenes for Harry Potter.  I took a picture of the dining hall which is the "Hogwarts dining hall"  in the movie:

Next stop... Dublin, Ireland.  Can't wait!