Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare's Birthplace
After the village and the gorge, Thomas, Jeannette, Riccardo and I headed to Stratford upon Avon which, conveniently, is only 20 minutes from our home. Stratford is famous for being the birthplace of Shakespeare, and is soooo historically and culturally rich as a result of all the tourist money that goes into the town, that I instantly fell in love with it. After walking around town a bit, looking at Shakespeare's birth home, watching the English version of houseboats cruise the canals, and battling the (other) tourists, we chose a lovely canalside Thai restaurant for dinner. The food was delicious, but of course, the bill was atrocious. Nonetheless, I can't wait to go back!Day two of Thomas and Jeannette's visit was a little quieter: I was somewhat disappointed by my first-ever visit to downtown Birmingham in the early afternoon. I'm told that London is f.a.b.u.l.o.u.s. in every way, and apparently that is where the national funding for cities in this country has stopped. As the second-largest city in the UK, one might expect Birmingham to at least try to rival it's only real competition, but Birmingham was blah, blah, blah.
On the plus side, the Selfridges Centre does house the closest sushi restaurant to us, and so we of course took the opportunity to chow down on some tasty conveyor-belt goodies. Unfortunately, we had to pay literally eight times more for our sushi in Birmingham than we did when we were in Japan (roughly $85 CN, without beverages, for two, for LUNCH!). :O
Oh! How could I forget!? Directly across from the sushi shop was none other than Crispy Cremes! Okay, so Birmingham is good for food. And shopping. Anything else? - I've yet to learn.
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