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The next day we took a train to London and checked into the comfortable Dorset Square Hotel. After we were all checked in, we took the tube to St. John’s Wood station and walked over to the EMI/Abbey Road studios and did the typical tourist thing where you get your picture taken walking across Abbey Road. We’re such Beatles fanatics, we just had to do it. Then we took an official tour — the “Beatles Walk” — to see all the Beatles-related sites around that part of London. For fans like us it was the best part of the whole trip.
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We left the Balmoral early and drove north to Stirling.
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After we checked out of our hotel in Stratford (the day before yesterday), we visited a flea market they had set up along the Avon river outside of our hotel. We did a bit of shopping and then drove on up to Nottingham.
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We just got back from a wonderful performance of The Merchant of Venice performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre across from our hotel here in Stratford-upon-Avon. It was one of the best Shakespeare productions I have ever seen. I’m glad I got to see it here in the city where Shakespeare lived.
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Filed under England on August 29th, 1998 No Comments »
What is the deal with the showers in hotels we’ve stayed in so far on this trip? What do the English have against water pressure? The shower in the Red Lion was a joke. I could have poured a glass of water over my head and had a better effect.
The day yesterday started with a drive to Cadbury to see the remains of Cadbury Castle, which is thought to be the location of Camelot of King Arthur legend. When we were planning this trip, I had made a point to see locations that were related to King Arthur because I was really into the legend when I was younger. Cadbury seemed like a good choice.
After a long walk up this rocky, muddy hill we got to a field of cows and cow shit.
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