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We rented a car for a few days and hit the road, visiting Windsor, the Cotswolds, the Roman villa at Chedworth, Bath, Stratford, and Warwick. We stayed at the Bull Hotel in Burford, a small town in the Cotswolds area.
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The Windsor Castle is the royal family's retreat outside of London. During World War II, King George changed the family name to Windsor. (Their original surname, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was too Germanic.) |
The refectory at Christ Church College, Oxford. The interior of this Medieval dining hall is dark and elegant. At the far end hangs a life size painting of the college's benefactor, King Henry VIII. The walls are decorated with portraits of famous alumni, including William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania) and John Wesley (founder of the Methodist movement). |
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The tiny village of Yanworth consists of several stone houses on this small one lane road. |
A short walk from Shakespeare's birthplace in Stratford is the village of Shottery. Anne Hathaway lived in this "cottage", really a large house for the day. Shakespeare and Hathaway married though she was several years older. |
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Warwick Castle is a few miles beyond Stratford. It's a well preserved and popular destination. |
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On the day of the summer solstice we considered driving to Stonehenge, but the site was cordoned off for several miles to keep back hordes of neo-Druids. Really. Instead we visited Avebury. This village is built entirely inside a large ring of ancient stones that are encircled by a moat (above). Sarah and one of the stones at Avebury (right). They aren't as big as the ones at Stonehenge but the ring is much greater, about a kilometer in diameter. |
The address of the Bull Hotel is simply "High Street, Burford". We stayed in the original wing of the hotel, which dates back more than 600 years. That was an experience! Our room was small with a low ceiling of half timbers.
Inside the grounds at Windsor Castle a soldier in full royal uniform stood guarding a doorway. On the pavement was painted a yellow line and a message which clearly marked the area as prohibited to visitors. One woman was so intent on taking a photo of the guard that she strayed inside the boundary. Perhaps she didn't read English. The guard snapped to attention and in a formal but threatening manner he stomped one foot and presented arms. He never spoke, but the woman eventually got the idea and backed away.
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