A Weekend of Hiking and Shakespeare

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March 24th 2012

Published: April 26th 2012

This weekend, we rented a car with two of Mike's classmates from Singapore (Fuad and Aloysius - the same two we met at the Giant's Causeway), and headed out on the wrong side of the road (well, technically, it was the left side) to a region of England just 1.5 hours outside of London called the Cotswolds. The region is a range of limestone hills, which are dotted with picturesque villages ... Read Full Entry

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After a long year of work and studying, we are getting back into travel mode. Our newest adventure takes us to Africa for a 40 day overland journey that will have us camping our way through Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and South Africa. After we will spend 5 days in South Africa and then we will head back to Europe where we will spend 3 days with our friends in the Netherlands and 3 days with our friends in Berlin. It's going to be a crazy summer, but who knows when we will get this kind of time again? ... full info

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The broadway tower

It seems like random that we came across this tower on our hike... but it turns out there's a parking lot right here, and lots of tourists pay to get to the top of this small tower. Not us.

Taking a break at the tower

Catching our breath before we head down

Returning back to the village

This part of the trail was part of the Cotswold way

A well deserved Sunday Roast!!

We finally got a chance to experience the Sunday roast tradition of England, and we definitely deserved it!

Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakesperian statue

This statue is a tribute to the great William Shakespere, who was born and died in Stratford. He is sitting in the middle and the statues surrounding him are from his plays. One is Hamlet, another is Lady Macbeth

The Stratford Harbour

The River Avon in the opposite direction

Supposedly the site of where Shakespere died

In Stratford, there's a lot of mixing the old with the new

We came across the beautiful old house and took a picture of it...

Turns out, it was Shakespere's birthplace! (We just thought it looked very old and quaint)

Knock, knock, knockin on Shakespere's door...

Up and over!

This is not the sort of gate that you go through!

Or through the doggie door?

Aloysius the Brave: After narrowly missing an attack by an ewe, Aloysius attempts to befriend yet another baby...

Aloysius earlier had approached a lamb but the mother was not happy and stamped her foot at him. She meant business! So here he is on the second attempt!

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