Stratford-upon-Avon.

Last week we headed to Stratford-upon-Avon. This lovely little town is birthplace of the most famous English playwright Shakespeare. And that’s why we went there: Every year in April – in the time around his birthday – there’s a festival giving fantastic productions of Shakespeare’s plays. In both theatres you will have stunning actors, great stage settings and much fun. Along the festival there is a lot going on in town: Bands are playing, actors are speaking, a parade is taking place heading from Shakespeare’s birthplace to the church where he is buried.

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If you have enough of all that cultural stuff you might visit the Cotswolds which is the area Southern Stratford. That’s what we did: You find lovely villages such as Broadway, Stanton or Stanley which are all built from the same kind of stone. Therefore all buildings look like honey-coloured fairy-tale-houses. Really nice to stroll through these old quiet villages.

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