Day Twenty in England - Stratford-upon-Avon

Ello mum,

Happy Fourth of July! I wish I were there to celebrate with you. The English don’t really recognize this holiday (sore losers I guess. lol just kidding.)

Well, today, Pam and Paul took us to Stratford-upon-Avon. Where is that, you may ask? Well, dear mother, it is the birth place of the infamous poet, Shakespeare. This is also where his tombstone lies. Unfortunately, we were too late to go see his grave or his house where he was born. I was a little disappointed. My spirits lifted a little when we walked around the town and saw some of the old buildings that had been there since Shakespeare’s time. We stopped in a book store and I bought Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. After exiting the book store, the sound of music drifted over to us from a distance. We followed it to a crowd of tents selling all sorts of foods, some jewelry, and a big pavilion where local bands were performing. It was fun to explore all the different foods. There were some Italian guys with a tent of desserts, some barbeque tents, and a French guy making crepes and waffles. The bands were pretty cool. One band reminded me a little of dad’s band because they played “Mustang Sally”. There was another band that I really liked. Every other song they played was folk-ish and they had a female singer with really awesome fashion sense. The base player was a girl too and I loved her. She had red dread locks, fish net stockings, black boots, and a really cool skirt (sorry, I didn’t get a picture.) I think she’s a really cool person because of her free spirit. She must not care what anyone thinks of her to dress the way she does and wear her hair like that, so I admire her greatly. I’ve also noticed on the streets, I guess the new “in” thing is having multicolored or blonde dread locks. I’ve seen at least ten girls with this style. Anyway, we left soon after the bands had stopped playing and I was eager to begin my book as we drove away. On the way home, we stopped at a pizza hut. Our waiter was really, REALLY cute. I couldn’t help but smile whenever he looked at me (why yes, I am a dork, thank you for noticing.) But he smiled at me too! It was a good dinner lol.

Anyway, I have to get back to Jane Eyre. She’s waiting.

I love you mommy!

<3 always,

Your Rae of Sunshine