{"id":160,"date":"2016-07-28T04:03:03","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T09:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/?p=160"},"modified":"2016-07-28T04:03:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T09:03:03","slug":"the-gang-storms-stratford-upon-avon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/2016\/07\/28\/the-gang-storms-stratford-upon-avon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gang Storms Stratford-upon-Avon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_161\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-161 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0745-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0745\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0745-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0745-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0745-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0745-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shakespeare&#8217;s birthplace<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We filled our bellies with Shakespeare and all things touristy for our three days in the town of Shakespeare&#8217;s birth and final resting place. We managed to see two productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, visit Shakespeare&#8217;s home where his father made gloves, see his grammar school where he learned &#8220;small Latin and less Greek&#8221; (though by our standards, there was nothing small about it), and enjoy the many, many gift shops.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-162\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0746-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0746\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0746-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0746-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0746-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0746-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0The Sweet Swans of the river Avon. (Though not so sweet; I saw them attack children for food.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_163\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-163 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0733-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0733\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0733-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0733-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0733-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0733-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shakespeare&#8217;s school house<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-164 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0711-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0711\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0711-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0711-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0A visit inside the Shakespeare house. Sean and Taylor admire the furniture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_165\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-165\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0709-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Gloves! High fashion back in the day. \" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0709-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0709-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gloves! High fashion back in the day.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-166\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0700-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0700\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0700-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0700-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0700-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2016\/07\/IMG_0700-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After tight quarters with low ceilings and tons of visitors, the gardens were a beautiful spot to relax and breathe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We filled our bellies with Shakespeare and all things touristy for our three days in the town of Shakespeare&#8217;s birth and final resting place. We managed to see two productions at the Royal Shakespeare Company, visit Shakespeare&#8217;s home where his &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/2016\/07\/28\/the-gang-storms-stratford-upon-avon\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":416,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/416"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/london-2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}