Day 19: June 27, 2013 Warwick Castle, Blood and Gore, and Ghost Stories

We had to be outside the flat at 8:50 so we woke up at 8:00, got ready, then headed down. I grabbed some dr p and a chocolate muffin for breakfast. We had a tiny bus that we could all barely fit on. I sat by Kasee and we started out doing homework then tried to sleep but that didn't really work out because that bus was the most uncomfortable thing ever. We got to Warwick Castle around 11:30. While Rick was buying tickets, we checked out the gift shop and stuff. We went in and we got food - we were all hungry. I got a burger and fries which was really good. Once everyone finished (by everyone I mean Stephen, Brandon, Tayler, Sam, Kasee, Tash, and I), we went on the Wall Walk. We were a little nervous because it said something like 520 stairs. But YOLO! It was really cool because we could see actually how big the castle is and where all the history happened. The stairs turned out to be kind of scary because they were in those circular turrets so everyone was getting dizzy. 

We got to rooms where they had wax people acting like they were doing their jobs from the medieval times - like a blacksmith or a lady doing laundry or knights. They were freakishly real and I didn't like them. We went into the great hall and saw where the kings and queens dined and slept. 

Then we walked up the mound and saw the beautiful scenery. We walked down to the peacock gardens and saw eagles and a trebuchet and the peacocks and it's really just beautiful. 

We walked through the gift shops and stuff and then met everyone and got on the bus at 3:00. We drove to Stratford. We checked into our bed and breakfast called the Hollies and it was so cute! I was rooming with Cassidy D. Our room was so cute and quaint. 

We settled in then met everyone downstairs. A few of us went with Jena, while others went with Rick. We went to the Dirty Duck, a famous pub that all the actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company which was right down the street and where we were seeing Titus Andronicus. I got some BBQ wings, ate some of Jena's nachos, then shared the best brownie ever with Camille. Then we may have ordered another one... Uh... Haha so good! 

We then walked down to the theatre and looked through the gift shop and hung out. 

We were finally able to go into the theatre and I say by Anna, Kasee, and Missy. Ok the play was so weird! I have never read or heard of it so I was not expecting the blood and rape and people eating their children and Shakespeare killing off everyone at the end... Super weird. It is crazy to me how different Shakespeare's range could be, like he can write Romeo and Juliet and then Titus. 

We really wanted some hot chocolate, we tried the Dirty Duck but it was way too crowded. We walked down to this little cafe, Cafe Rouge. The guy was really nice and we stayed for like an hour and a half just talking. Sam told us ghost stories of the place she used to work at in Provo. So when we walked home we were all a little sketched out... Plus Tash left her phone at the cafe so the guy ran after us and I was like who the heck is this guy running after us?! Haha we got back to the bed and breakfast and got ready for bed. Cass and I stayed up and talked until like 2:30 in the morning. It was really fun getting to know her and stuff. Night!