Pen and Parchment Pub
Our residence during the three nights in Stratford-Upon-Avon. This structure existed concurrently with William Shakespeare. Rumor has this was his favorite pub;). We think name is rather appropriate for location. Also present in the pub proper is a column from a ship commanded by Horatio Nelson. If anyone is not much familiar with English naval history, he is the guy who defeated the French and the Spanish combined fleets during the Napoleonian wars at Trafalgar in a brilliant maneuver of crossing the T. A very major victory. He has a very, very high statue at appropriately named Trafalgar Square in London. Yes, of course, we leaned up against his column in the pub.
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