Stratford-upon-Avon
Posted by kerneljack on December 25, 2005
We just spent a lovely few days in Shakespeare Country. We stayed at the Ambleside guest house and also managed to visit Warwick Castle while we were there.
Stratford-upon-Avon is a lovely small town and we enjoyed several walks through the town centre (it only took about 30 minutes to walk around it). I highly recommend the Bensons and Crabtree and Evelyn cafes there. We ate a lot and had quite a few excellent cream teas. For those who don’t know, English Cream Tea is usually served with scones and Clotted cream (an English specialty), butter and a selection of jams. Lovely stuff 
We also went to see a production of The Canterbury Tales Part 2 at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. The performances were quite good, and I left wanting to see the first part but we had to leave the next day. We also spent a lot of time sitting idly by the river next to the theatre, watching the ducks and swans go by. It was a very relaxing experience. We tried to get a river cruise but nobody seemed to be doing any at the time. Perhaps it was too cold at the time.
Nevertheless, we had a great time and we will definitely just go there someday in the summer once again to sit by that lovely serene river and just relax …
As always, I’ve uploaded all the pictures to Flickr.
