Off to Warwick, Stratford upon Avon and Oxford

Well we started off this day as we did one other. Waiting for a tour bus to take us out and about to area's outside of London.

On this particular day we set off first to the town of Warwick and its medieval castle that was originally built by William the Conqueror in 1068, rebuild many times and turned into a residence in the 17oo's.

Because the insides of this castle were changed it had a much warmer feel to it. It actually felt like a home instead of cold inside.

The grounds were really large and the view from the river Avon was wonderful.

We loved going through and exploring all the little rooms in this castle. There was so much to look at and not many people around, which kind of led my mother to get into a little mischief..evidence below...she said there were just books in the cabinets

After the Castle we hurried on down the road 20 minutes to the town of Stratford upon Avon. This town is the birth place of William Shakespeare. He also died in this town and was buried here.

I was only about to see the tops of the spires of the Holy Trinity Church. We didn't have time to visit. We did however get to see many of the Tudor style building that William Shakespeare occupied during his lifetime. We were able to walk past a school where he attended.

We also saw the grounds of where his last house used to be, or the house in which he died. In the 1700's its owner was annoyed by tourists and he burned the house to the ground. There is now only a garden and the houses foundations left.

After we ate a wonderful lunch for me of Cottage Pie, one of my new favorite dishes, we walked through the streets over to the house where Shakespeare was born. It was larger than I had thought.

We were able to walk through it and see what it might have been like when he was alive. His father’s workshop was also in the house. It was a fun experience.

We then were off to the town of Oxford. We were able to tour Christ Church, where some of the Harry Potter films were made.

We then took a tour of the City and wonder around the towns beautiful streets investigating the different colleges and marveling in the architecture that make up Oxford University. I didn't think I would like this town so much.


I actually like it better than The other college AKA Cambridge.

It was also fun to see a window, 2nd to the left on the top, where Lewis Carroll penned some of his famous works. Oxford was actually one of my favorite places to stop on this day.

We had fun adventures. Here is a pic of one of our tour buses. This was actually taken in Bath, but though I’d tack it on the end.