Visiting Stratford upon Avon

This summer my family and I went away for a week to a little town just outside of Stratford upon Avon, and obviously whilst we were there we took a trip into the little historic town to have a look around. We visited the house where Shakespeare grew up, as well as the place he was buried, the house he bought after he started making and the cottage that his wife, Anne Hathaway, lived in.

These places were so interesting and, as an English student, it was so nice to be able to learn about Shakespeare's life both before and after he became a well-known playwrite and poet. I found out loads of interesting things while looking around, and although it is a little pricey to get in to see all of the things they have on display, it's definitely worth it if you're interested in Shakespeare as both a writer and a person. They make it a really interesting experience, rather than just giving lots of information to read, and also have people on-hand to give you extra detail and information - which really gives it a more personal feel.

Anne Hathaway's cottage is honesty one of the cutest places I have ever visited

The garden is also so over-grown and wild-looking in a really lovely
and colourful way - they had lots of flowers growing randomly in places like these sun flowers.

In one of the exhibits they had a board on the wall full of famous quotations from Shakespeare's work.

They had a comments book for visitors to write in,
and as we looked through we found one person who was adamant Shakespeare would
have been a Belieber if he was still alive

No sunny day is complete without a mixed slush puppie 

We made our own pizzas when we got back to where we were staying,
however we didn't have any mozzarella so we had to make do with cheddar,
which made it VERY strong cheese-wise!