Missing England

That’s right, after Spain and a quick return to Portugal, the voyage continued in England. 12 days, ravishing! On the first day I spent over 60 pounds in books and discs (I finally got GoodBook’s Control!), and later on I bought some more books. In total, nine books and five discs.

London was great, I stumbled upon Leicester Square the day of the premiere of Harry Potter, man, were ther hundreds of brits in line! Then it began to rain so we didn’t stick around to see the actors arriving (and Emma Watson’s dressing issues, lol), although it brings a smile to my face to think how soaked Potter’s fans must have ended.

Next stop was Oxford, and let me tell you, walking around MAgdalen College really makes you wish you were studying there, it is beatiful and let’s mot forget thet the University of Oxford is one of the best in the world. And Trinity College wasn’t too shabby either. And the Bodleian Library, that holds at least one copy of every book ever printed in England, or Blenheim Palace, the greates palace in Britain.

Then we went to Stratford-upon-Avon,  Shakespeare’s land, and marry, they are obsessed with the Bard of the Beard. Everywhere you turned you saw something like; Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Shakespeare’s mother’s house, the church where it is believed Shakespear was christened, the tree that is a descendant of the one Shakespeare planted, Shakespeare’s tomb, and so on. It’s a great buisness, because these places aren’t cheap, but they are swarmed all day long.

The original plan was to go to Cambridge as well, but it was not to be, because it ended up being too complicated getting there from Stratford, so we returned to London (by the way, did I mention that all the time we were in London we stayed in a student’s Hall?). There, we went on Wednesday to The Old Vic Theatre to watch my favorite Shakespeare play; A Winter’s Tale (curious how it was midsummer at the time, and it was also night, so A Midsommer’s Night Dream would have been more fitting) and on Thursday we went to Shakespeare’s Globe to watch another of Shakespeare’s plays; As You Like It, which was really fun. And on the final day we watched a kind of Juggling Show (the only thing in the whole trip that was free, well, that and air) which was hilarious. And that was it, and now I am missing England, especially every time I get into a car and feel all the heat, wheras in England we had template climate and some rain, aww, I miss it. Oh well, see you all later, cheers!