This is a place holder for Andrea to describe the day out in Stratford.
***Andrea's description of the day out in Stratford***
My posts are starting to sound the same...a short drive to a beautiful hamlet...all puns intended!
We drove to Stratford and got the park-n-ride bus to town, which is a great way to do it, the bus drops off and picks up on both ends of the main road every 15min and you don't have to worry about parking in town.
First we walked down to the River Avon, stopping along the way at a small festival outside the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as popping onto a moored narrow boat-turned-art gallery. At the river we got on a river cruiser boat but quickly decided to grab a row boat for ourselves.
Adam row, row, rowed our boat. There were others with motorboats, one filled with some students--a blanket term used for anyone of "uni" age who demonstrate a particular type of behavior--who shouted at us, their motorboat was better because it was faster. We beg to differ, there's just something about being in a hurry on this little bit of river that seems idiosyncratic.
After boating we wandered to the Pen and Parchment pub for lunch, which was fabulous. We shared a smoked meats platter with the best horseraddish sauce either of us ever had and a smoked salmon and creme fraiche tarte on a bed of rocket with cranberry garnish. If you're like me and have to Google creme fraiche, it's similar to sour cream but not as soured.
After lunch we walked around the town streets, into the Guild chapel, Shakespeare's gardens, his birthplace.
Stratford is one of the towns that guidebooks describe as quintessentially English, with charming buildings steeped in history. With this I agree but there's so much more, we will need several return trips to take it all in, the least of which is theatre!
****Back to Adam***
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