England is really cool. I love hearing all of the accents from all the different people. My mom has spent quite a bit of time here. We have done some pretty fun things here including visiting my mom’s granny’s gardener and his family, seeing huge houses, walking on the beach at the North Sea, learning about my mom’s relatives, looking at the colleges of Cambridge and Oxford, eating yummy foods, and other fun stuff.
On Monday morning, we woke up, left our our hotel, and took a long walk. We have been doing a lot of good walks lately that have been really fun. We hadn’t had breakfast yet, so my brothers and I all got delicious banana bread at Box Brownies, a coffeeshop. Then we learned about Shakespeare! We got our tickets then headed to the first house which was his birthplace. In some of the other houses that we went to, there were people that were telling us interesting stuff about the 1500s. I took some notes along the way. Here are some facts about Shakespeare:
He was born in 1564
William was the eldest surviving son
He was the third child out of 8 children
At the age of 7, he started attending grammar school
He married Anne Hathaway who was the daughter of a local farmer
If you say for goodness sakes! you are quoting Shakespeare
There was also a church that we looked at that had Shakespeare’s grave in it as well as John Hall’s, who was Shakespeare’s son-in-law. Shakespeare’s daughter’s name was Suzannah and she was John Hall’s wife. It was all really interesting.
Findlay, enjoyed your Shakespeare comments from your site visits. Beautiful picture of the bible, good eye!
I visited Straford-upon-Avon and stayed in that town for four days. Like you, I learned so much about the “facts” of Shakespeare that I never heard of/learned. Walking back to the history like 15th or 16th century is truly amazing. I’m sure that visiting a place like that gives you a lot more understanding and appreciation than simply learning it from books! Traveling is the one of the best way to learn!
Thanks Ching-Ching!! Totally agree!!