We spent a day and a half in Shakespeare's home town, Stratford. This was interesting for me because I go to Stratford, Ontario every summer for the theater. It was interesting to see the original.
I was interested in all the Tudor architecture. Turns out that in the 15th and 16th centuries this was a cheap way to build houses. Wood was expensive so it was only used for the framework and the space between was filled with 'wattle and daub' - basically mud with other stuff mixed in - then plastered over, inside and out.
The richer you were the more wood you could afford to have in your building. This one really impressed me. Builders would put the most wood on the front of the building. We had dinner in a museum/restaurant that Shakespeare had built for his sister when she got married.
And we took a boat ride on the Avon River. Yes, there were swans. This bridge is the oldest in the area, from the 1200's I think.
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