A lot has happened since my last post, but I’ll get to that\nlater. First, I want to talk about my final trip with the school. I got to go\nto Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. I am a theatre major,\nso I have learned a lot about Willy Shakes in many of my classes and I love\nhistory so seeing so many places that are historical was a great experience for\nme. Because it was so early in the day and the coronavirus fears there were\nonly 10 of us on the trip, including our tour guide. On our trip up we had a\nShakespeare trivia contest that includes things from \u201cWhat was the name of his\ntheatre?\u201d to \u201cWho played Romeo and Juliet in the Baz Luhrmann version?\u201d to\nnaming what plays different quotes were from. I had a lot of knowledge from my\ndifferent theatre history classes and I won the trivia contest. The prize was a\nbag of Percy Pigs, which is basically fruit gummies in the shape of pigs, and\nthey were very good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Stratford-upon-Avon, we saw the house that Shakespeare was born and grew up in and the church he is buried in. The house has been turned into a museum that you can walk through that teaches you about what life was like when he was born. The church where he is buried has a whole section in the back where he and his family are buried inside as well as a bust that was created by his friends after his death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also got a chance to explore the town on our own and\nwalking around the town made me feel so peaceful. It is really a sleepy little\ntown nestled next to a river, yes there is a little bit of tourism around the\nbirthplace but even the other buildings related to Shakespeare you wouldn\u2019t be\nable to tell they were anything other than an old building unless you saw the\nsign on the wall explaining what it was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trip back was so calming, I loved sitting and looking out\nthe window while the English countryside passed me by. I almost felt like I was\nin a movie with music playing in my headphones and watching the sheep and hills\npass me by. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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