Death by English Paper

Ok, so I would have posted earlier but we didnt get home from Stratford upon Avon until 1 this morning and then we had class and for history we had to go to the imperial war museum and then culture class stuff and I just dont know where the time went...!

So yesterday we went to Stratford upon Avon and that trip helped to reaffirm my hatred of Shakespeare. We first went to this little farm sort of thing were the home of Shakespeare mother was... and it was interesting. There were a few good things though and one of the them was actually quite amazing. So you remember the killer swan from Scotland??? Well Elizabeth Stuart and I were talking and we saw a goose and we thought well I wonder if geese speak killer swan. So she went over and hissed at it like the swan did and guess what?!?!? It hissed back, hahah!!! Another thing that was kind of fun was that there was a lady there that was a falconer and she was flying an Owl around for a little while. She had an extra glove and a few of us had the chance to hold and feed the owl and I was one of them!!! It was really cool and the owl was so big but didnt weigh a thing and I wanted to hug it but I decided I didnt want my eyes to be gouged out. But other then that we saw lots of gardens and a pig that was peeing and got to try milking a cow...
After that we went over to the place where Shakespeare and his wife lived. It had a Mid summers Night Dream theme to it and well... it was all very odd. But the lady who did our tour was really nice and we had a nice chat with her.
We then headed to "The Birth Place"... everyone acted like we were going to see Jesus and the manger. We visited the home where Shakespeare was born and got to see where his father would have worked. It was interesting but very anticlimactic.

After that we had like 4 hours before the play we were supposed to go to and since there was nothing else to do both Elizabeth's and I went to the local library to do homework... We were there for about an hour and a half and then we went to the park and eat dinner and just talked about everything, funny stories from when we were kids and what not. It was really fun and there was a lot of laughter.

After that we headed up to the play. We went and saw A Winters Tale but the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was a very... well... interesting play. The second half was pretty interesting/ funny and the acting was great but altogether I dont think that I would ever read that play even if someone had a gun to my head!

After that we headed back to the bus and had a 2 hour ride home and got back just before 1am :(
I have spent almost all day in class and we had to go to the Imperial War Museum for History and that was really cool! They had some really cool exhibits about the children in WWII and the Holocaust and it was a wonderful learning experience. But other then that I have pretty much died today because I am trying to write my paper for English and I keep hitting a wall and I just cant seem to get past it! Oh well, I guess I will just go keep trying.