A Visit to Stratford on Avon
@BelleStarr (61101)
United States
July 27, 2018 4:50pm CST
My brain just wasn't working today and I came up with a blank when it came to writing a post. I decided to just choose a photo from my large collection and write about it. When I brought up the choose an image it went to this folder from a trip I took to England 8 years ago.
This is the River Avon and the church you can see in the background is where William Shakespear is buried. I hope it looks as good in the post as it did in my file. We saw a show while we were in town at the Swan Theatre. It was actually the first half of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. We saw the second half the next year at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Jul 18
I have been to England more than 20 times, I love it. My grandmother was born in Cambridgeshire.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Jul 18
Yes it is a very historic place, so much of England gives me that feeling. I love it.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Jul 18
Thank you for reading, I love to travel in England and I have thousands of photos of the places we have been.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
27 Jul 18
@BelleStarr we have been there twice.The only thing that care for their horrible food there.Bland
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Jul 18
@amadeo Things have really improved on that front, gastropubs are all the rage and the food is phenomenal!! No more overcooked soggy veg!!
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul 18
Stratford on Avon is a beautiful place to stay. We stayed there one weekend and did the very same as you!
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 18
@garymarsh6 I have a mulberry story but I get silly everytime I tell it lol
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Jul 18
I think I have been there 4 or 5 times, we never stay in the city, usually, we rent a house in the countryside somewhere or stay at a country B&B. We did all the tourist things the first trip but we did revisit the church and of course, we always see a show. Ah the stories I have lol
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@garymarsh6 (23404)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul 18
@BelleStarr I ate mulberries just behind the church in one of the little gardens that were growing on the Mulberry tree which are quite rare here! Delicious they were but boy did they stain. I guess it was an easy way to spot the culprits who helped themselves!
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@Mike197602 (15512)
• United Kingdom
27 Jul 18
I've been there quite a few times as it is only 20 miles or so from my house...I quite like it.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
27 Jul 18
I love to see shows there, it makes it so much more authentic.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
28 Jul 18
Wow! It's so beautiful picture
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 18
Thank you, it was dusk on a winter's day which explains the colors you see.
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@eliza_godinez12 (5723)
• Philippines
28 Jul 18
That's looks great. Thank you for sharing
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Jul 18
I have always thought that I should go there to see some Shakespeare.
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@Juliaacv (51388)
• Canada
28 Jul 18
@BelleStarr Its a lovely place to spend a weekend and catch a couple of shows. If you go, please let me know I'd love to meet up with you.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 18
I adore the Cotswolds, the Fens, the Moors the Lakes, actually I love all of England lol
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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
29 Jul 18
@BelleStarr I also love England, there are so many peaceful villages. It's like to travel back in time.
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
29 Jul 18
Lovely photo.... i've been to Stratford upon avon too... it's very picturesque...we were on a narrowboat holiday at the time
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 18
Now that is a dream I have never had fulfilled, I would love to do a narrow boat vacation.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
30 Jul 18
That you, it was dusk on a January day.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 18
It was but the most interesting one was on 9-11, 2001 we were in Stratford to see Hamlet, it was a modern interpretation with a helicopter and it was very disturbing considering what happened earlier that day. The BBC interviewed me about my reaction to the attacks, all very surreal.
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@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Jul 18
@BelleStarr I'm sure it was surreal and disturbing. Were you delayed returning home?
@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 18
Thank you, I took a lot of them that evening, some of the ducks on the river, some of just the river but I thought this was combined the river and the church nicely.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Jul 18
Thank you, it was dusk on a winters day so it explains the darkness of the picture.
@RasmaSandra (80784)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Jul 18
It is a lovely photo. That is a good idea to look over old photos and write about them.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Jul 18
I have so many photos and it will keep in posts for the rest of my life if I chose to write about more.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
29 Jul 18
I think you should have skipped Stonehenge and done Stratford but that is just me!!
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jul 18
I have been to Stratford Upon Avon and Anne Hathaway's House.
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Jul 18
Oh yes, Anne Hathaway House is a must when in Stratford, I visited it on an earlier visit
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)@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
28 Jul 18
lol I forget that it isn't a household name to everyone lol
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