Britain in the th, and th century was at the pinnacle of its power the Empire covered nearly of the world’s land mass but at home this island was a landscape of quaint Cotswolds towns spectacular Welsh rugged mountains, and influential metropolitan cities like Oxford, and Edinboro. I just wanted to come back to England, and see more than just London you know get to clewd Wales, and Scotland when exploring the towns that gave rise to Shakespeare’s Hamlet into the mysterious rock constructions like Stonehenge what will you experience walking in the footsteps of writers, and artists kings, and queens in a medieval-style Cotswolds house almost everything is constructed from stone including the roof tiles when weathered the local quarried Cotswold stone takes on the color of honey giving entire villages a warm glow even on cloudy days an ancient Roman Road forded the Avon River here is where stratford-upon-avon was developed as a market town during the medieval period now.
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This is the original Royal Shakespeare Theatre it was built in this was my first time to stratford-upon-avon and I was thrilled to see the site with Shakespeare was born William Shakespeare is regarded by some as the greatest writer in the English language Shakespeare is buried not in the cemetery but in the church itself, and it has a very cryptic inscription on it blessed be he that spares these stones cursed be he that moves my bone surrounding the statue of Shakespeare our other statues representing the different forms of writing Lady Macbeth his tragedy Hamlet is philosophy although Oxford University’s exact founding date is unclear evidence of teaching here exists as far back as making Oxford the oldest university in the english-speaking world, it’s famous around the world and I’m learning more about it and I did not attend Oxford very unusual everything is old everything is preserved British Prime Minister’s were educated at this prestigious school was until the s were just about all large gatherings, and major events of the university took place Christ Church College was used as a film location for several scenes in the film Harry Potter. I had not realized there were. So many colleges had made up Oxford.
I thought it was a one Oxford you experience the diversity of Great Britain from Scotland’s spectacular Edinburgh to mysterious Stonehenge, and the mountains of Wales Great Britain an island well grounded in time yet full of surprises today Oh.
