View from the castle wall
Walking through the gate...back in the old days when the castle was being attacked, the "soldiers" would pour hot oil on the attackers...if they were ambushed and didn't have oil, they would use poo, urine, and any other substance they could find. How nice!
I've always wanted to try to get the sword out of the ground
I would have to say the castle was a little odd though because there were all these waxy figures inside the rooms and it kind of made it feel fake. But the views were beautiful and the castle itself made me feel like I was in a fairytale. We had to climb 530 steps to reach the top of the castle walls and we could see forever into the distance...it was exactly what I needed for the day, it was so lovely to get out of the city for a bit. Here are a few more pics of the castle!
Arm wrestling the wax man...guess who won?
Amy stealing pastries from the waxy's
My dream bed...so fairytalish
This is where you go if you don't finish all your meat at dinner...my mom would have spent many nights down here :) (I am totally kidding...you would have to do something much worse to be put in the dungeon)
View from the castle wall
3 of the 530 stairs we had to climb!
After Warwick we got back on the bus (after a little stop in the gift shop of course) and headed towards Stratford, the home of Shakespear! This town was exactly what I picture when I think of midevil times...it was so perfect. It was beautifully positioned next to the Avon River and just had a relaxing feel to it. We got to see the house Shakespear grew up in and the church where his body is burried. Then we got an hour to explore the streets and get some lunch. My friends and I went to this place called the Benson tea room. Our guide suggested we try the cream tea becasue Stratford is the best place to try it, so we ordered that. I also ordered the vegetarian english breakfast complete with beans, eggs, mushrooms, tomato, toast, and potato cakes. The cream tea was english breakfast tea with cream in it. It also came with the most amazing scone ever. You get a scone and then you put this creamy butterlike stuff on it followed by jam. My stomach was jumping with joy after this feast! Yours will be too :)
Shakespear's house growing up
Cream tea
My first cup of "real" english tea :)
Start
Finish
Best scones EVER!!
Stratford!
After lunch, we quickly went and found Trinity Church where Shakespear is burried. He is actually burried inside and you had to pay 2 pounds to see the grave to we skipped that but it was still so unreal being in the same church Shakespear once attended. 
Inside the church
Trinity
Trinity Graveyard
After Stratford it was off to our last stop, Anne Hathaway's Cottage. Now like me, you are probably thinking Anne Hathaway from the Princess Diaries right? Wrong. We're talking about the Anne Hathaway that Shakespear married when he was 18, she was 25 (and 3 months preggers). We got to walk through her cottage and I still couldn't believe she had once walked on the same ground I was standing on. We learned the floor from the kitchen is still the same floor from when she lived there hundreds of years ago...Crazy!!! Here's some pictures from her house...
The Kitchen
A bedroom...the beds were sooo short! Half my body would probably hang off the end...
The Cottage
Overall, it was a brilliant day. It was nice to see the countryside of England for once. It was quite a long day though, and we sure climbed a lot of steps! I won't be surprised if I wake up with some pretty sore leggies. Tonight we are going out to a real english pub for some drinks and food. I sure hope they have cider black! I will update ya'll tomorrow on how that goes :)
Cheers!
-Lil Londoner
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