Shakespeare's House and Gardens by Teach

Anne Hathaway's Cottage

the courting chair that William used

Hope and Stacey

A little time alone in the gardens

Beautiful spring flowers at every corner

Staying in Stratford proves to be the perfect taste of English countryside. All of our high school English teachers would be green with envy. We arrived and literally dropped our suitcases at our B&Bs so we could briskly walk to the theatre a mere 10 minutes away.  The Royal Shakespeare Company put on one of the most entertaining adaptations of Romeo and Juliet I've ever seen.  It was fun to recognize actors and actresses from Julius Caesar. Even more fun was running into Romeo at the Dirty Duck afterwards! He graciously agreed to come in and say hi to the group and have a few photos made with us. As some of our group would say, "Epic Evening"!

As we came out of Shakespeare's home actors performing short scenes greeted us.

Hanging out with Shakespeare's Ghost

on the street in Stratford

a little lunch with Will

   The next day we had glorious weather to match the beautiful grounds at Anne Hathaway's Cottage.  This is the home where Will courted Anne and they may even had lived for awhile. If you go, take the tour through the house, roam the grounds, see the orchard and get lost in the shrubbery maze! The place invites you to sit and linger.  After this we saw Shakespeare's homeplace and roamed around Stratford. We know that the couple lived here for awhile.