So I've finally gotten the chance to sit down and write since we got back from Stratford.  This wasn't my first visit to Stratford, but it was however my first visit to all the houses besides Shakespeare's birth place and Anne Hathaway's cottage. I absolutely loved the Nash house and the gardens surrounding it. They where so breathtaking that I felt like I was walking through the secret garden (which I read and loved as a child). We also had fun dressing up with the children's dress up clothes which ended up with some hilarious pictures.  I think the only downfall of this trip to Stratford was the play that we saw. Even with reading the summary of Henry IV part 1, I still couldn't understand what was going on. It also moved way to slow. I feel like Shakespeare would've killed our group since half of us were dozing off or completely asleep. I also really liked the hostel we stayed at. At first getting off the bus, I thought it was going to be really sketchy since we were starring at the back of buildings, but walking around to the front of the building it was a completely different view. I loved all the open room outdoors that allowed a group of children, who were staying for a field trip, to run around and play different sports and what not. We also had a room which had a window that opened up onto the roof. Joie and I got out onto the roof and it felt like we were party of the royal family because all the children kept waving at us. It also gave us an amazing view of the surrounding fields, which was brilliant. We also made friends with some of the children (thanks to Melissa) who helped us perfect our English accents and we got to heard their attempts at ours, which was very entertaining. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed Stratford. It was nice to have everything revolve around Shakespeare, since I LOVE his plays (much to the disdain of my classmates in high school).  I hope to make another trip over there the next time I come back to England, so that I can have more time to wonder the streets that Shakespeare walked!