Stratford-Upon-Avon, England

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Stratford-Upon-Avon, located in Warwickshire on the River Avon, is famous for William Shakespeare. The house he was born and spent his early childhood, which is a museum now,  is still located in Henley Street. 

Shakespeare's Birthplace

Henley Street

The Christmas Shop situated opposite the Shakespeare's Birthplace

New Place is the name of the last Shakespere's residence where he died. However, the house does not exist any longer as it was demolished in 1759. 

Shakespeare was baptised and buried in Holy Trinity Church. 

The Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The town is also famous for theatres like the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the Swan Theatre. 

I simply love Stratford-Upon-Avon. It has got a great ambience and there is something special about the place. It is definitely my favourite place in the United Kingdom. I fell in love with this place from the first moment I went there. I always enjoyed being in Stratford, buying coffee at Starbucks and going to the river Avon to sit, watch the swans and relax.  Stratford-Upon-Avon has got a special place in my heart as I have got a lot of wonderful memories connected with the town.

I think that my favourite place in Stratford-upon-Avon is the river Avon with its pretty surroundings including boats, swans, monuments of Hamlet or Lady Macbeth and a bridge. There is no better place to rest or walk.

Swans on the Avon River

Christmas in Stratford

Another attraction in the town is the Stratford Butterfly Farm. 

The Butterfly Farm

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From England to Scotland

I would like to show some photos which I took last December when I was coming back from England to Edinburgh. 

There are some photos taken at my favourite service called Annandale Water Motorway Service in Johnstonebridge on the way from Carlise to Glasgow. Every time we travel on the route we try to stop there to have a short break. I think that we are fond of this place because we stopped there the first time we were travelling to Scotland and it is a really beautiful place. At the back of the building there is such a pretty place to walk and relax.

British motorways are really good and I like them. My favourite activity in the car is taking photos even though the majority of them are usually deleted later, but I cannot resist taking pictures when there are beautiful landscapes all around and a good light. Last year when we were travelling there were first signs of winter and snow.

Although Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, there is no direct motorway from England to Scottish capital. Of course you can take motorway and go to Glasgow and then to Edinburgh, but there is a shorter way to reach Edinburgh by taking road  A702. The road is picturesque, the landscapes amazing, but at the same time the road is narrow and winding. British drivers have no idea how to overtake cars and maybe it is even better they do not try to do it too often on that road because it never looks safe when they do it. 

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Cornwall, England 18-20/07/2010

I always wanted to go to the region Cornwall in the south-west of England, which finally I managed to visit in 2010. 

Driving from Coventry to Newquay and beyond was a great fun in itself. During my stay in Cornwall me and my husband visited St Ives and Newquay, but we stayed in Plymouth.I know that there are many more places worth visiting in the region, but it is always better to see something rather than nothing. 

St Ives is a small town with amazing harbour and picturesque boats, blue water, beautiful blue sky and nice clouds. And the weather was great at least for a walk around the harbour.

It was the first time I saw the coast of England and it was impressive. I didn't feel like I was in England at all. I would rather say it was definitely a different country - maybe France. The town achieved the award "Best UK Seaside Town" in both 2010 and 2011. 

There is one thing you should watch out while in St Ives or Newquay - seagulls. They can be really dangerous. I will tell you  a story which I witnessed in St Ives. There was an old man sitting on the bench next to ours and he was eating an ice cream. Out of the blue there was a kind of a noise. Nobody knew exactly what happened as it lasted maybe three seconds. Will you believe that a seagull grabbed the man's ice cream together with the cone? Even the man didn't know what had happened. It was the first time I was eating my ice cream as fast as I could. Looking around and expecting seagulls from every directions made me feel like I was taking part in the Hitchcock's film "The Birds".

In the Newquay zoo there was a notice saying:"Don't feed the seagulls". I found it quite amusing after this accident with the ice cream and my opinion is as follows: You don't have to feed seagulls, they will feed themselves when they feel like doing that.

Newquay is a great pardise for surfers probably because of great waves and it is something natural to see people (especially young ones) wearing wet suits in the streets of the town. There is a sandy beach, but quite wet, not like in Poland. It was nice to walk along the beach and play with the waves like a little girl:-).

In Newquay we also visited a local zoo, but there are not too many animals so I was not impressed too much.

It was a great trip and it's great that the weather was good:))

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