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April 23, 2017 - Tanya's London Trip - Day 7 - Celebrating Shakespeare's Birthday with 17 Fun Facts!

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A Closer Look at William Shakespeare

Happy Sunday!

​I had a nice day yesterday - didn't suffer too badly from jet lag, except for the early morning wake up at 3:45. However, I managed to stay up to a reasonable time last night, so I feel that I'm pretty much on track.

Additionally, I emptied all the suit cases and carry-on's yesterday and finished all the laundry.  Today will be "folding" and "putting away" day.

This morning I slept till 5:30 which is serious progress in getting back on track with Eastern Standard Time.
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IVARONE BROS. - YUMMY FRESH BAKED BREADS AND GOODIES (c) travelincousins.com
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I was a busy beaver this morning - had all this done by 12noon:

> All laundry completed from our trip, folded and put away.
> Food shopping for the week at Stop & Shop.
​> Specialty Store Shopping at my favorite Italian Food store, Ivarone Brothers, for prepared dinners for the week.
(Since it's the week from hell - Gianna having play rehearsal all week, a trip to the school uniform store one day, a doctor's appointment, physical therapy for Gianna and the actual school play Friday night, I opted to "buy" rather than have to cook.

​> Library for a book for Kelsey's Book Report (due tomorrow - seriously!)
​> Car Wash
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Gianna's new cut and blow (c) travelincousins.com
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New Cut & Blow (c) travelincousins.com
The girls had their haircuts yesterday and today is my day to get my manicure and massage.  It will be my reward for the 400 lbs of post-vacation laundry I've done and now have to fold and put away.

I would really hate to see if we had some kind of emergency - like the main electrical grid going out there was no electricity for an extended amount of time - what would these kids do if they had to wear an outfit twice or use a towel more than once!  

​I guess they'd be sh$t out of luck or they'd have to do it up old school with washing clothes in the bathtub and hanging them out on a line to dry.
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Anyway, back to the day at hand...

I'm sure by now you know that today is William Shakespeare's birthday?  Ironically, it also happens to be the anniversary of his death as well - can you believe he was born and died on the same month and day?

Tanya made her plans to visit Stratford-Upon-Avon on the back end of our London trip together, but had no idea that the days she would be in this English town would be the English writer's birthday.  What a nice surprise that she is actually there on this day, to experience the festivities and celebrations that are happening.

Cannot wait to hear all about it!

To commemorate this special day, I've assembled another 17 for 2017, "17 Fun Facts about William Shakespeare." Scroll down to read it!
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Tomorrow, I'll be doing a little re-cap of our London trip in terms of our "favorites" and a brief review of our hotels, travels and tours - in both London and Paris during this trip.

I've also loaded up all the links to the individual daily blogs from our London Trip! So check them out if you missed any!

Enjoy your Sunday and I'll be back here tomorrow.

I know you are going to enjoy Tanya's account of being in Stratford-Upon-Avon on Shakespeare's birthday celebration!! Look Left or Scroll down if you are reading this on your mobile device!

Now I'm off for my relaxing manicure and massage!
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​"Parting is such sweet sorrow, That I shall say good night till it be morrow."- William Shakespeare
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-E
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A Trip Back in Time

Hip Hip  HOORAY  Hip Hip  HOORAY - we sounded as we cheered on Shakespeare at his birthday celebration parade in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

What a difference a day makes. You hear this quote being made quite frequently. However you sometimes it really hits home and resonates with you. 
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And what a difference a little bit of sun makes!

The day before yesterday - when we had first arrived into Stratford-Upon-Avon it was all gray and gloomy. The town certainly didn't sparkle the way it did yesterday.

Everything just seems to POP so much better when the sun is shining and there is a blue sky out.

And as you can see - today is Shakespeare's Birthday. How perfect was it for us to be there for the birthday celebrations?!

​I couldn't have even planned it any better if I tried!  Which I hadn't and it just happened to be!!

Now please enjoy the photos, as I've had yet another LONG day and will add more when I can.
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Cheerio,
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17 FUN FACTS ABOUT WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 
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1. William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as
the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. 

2. He is often called England's national poet, and the "Bard of Avon".

3. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England on April 23, 1564
and died on his birthday in 1616.

4. Shakespeare’s parents were John and Mary Shakespeare (nee Arden) and he had seven siblings.

5. Shakespeare married his wife Anne Hathaway when he was 18 and
she was 26 and had three children together.


6. Did you know...
Today, we have MANY everyday expressions and phrases thanks to Mr. Shakespeare...
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7. Apart from writing his numerous plays and sonnets, Shakespeare was also an actor
who performed many of his own plays as well as those of other playwrights.
There is evidence that he played the ghost in Hamlet and Adam in As You Like It.


8. By the seventeenth century Shakespeare was a famous playwright in London but in
his hometown of Stratford, where his family lived, he was a well-respected
businessman and property owner, which brought him great wealth.

9. Shakespeare’s burial at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford Upon Avon is
documented as happening on April 25, 1616. Based upon the tradition of the time
it’s likley he would have been buried two days after his death, meaning
Shakespeare likely died April 23, 1616 – his 52nd birthday.

10. Although Catholicism was effectively illegal in Shakespeare’s lifetime,
the Anglican Archdeacon, Richard Davies of Lichfield, who had known
him wrote some time after Shakespeare’s death that he had been a Catholic.

11. It is estimated that Shakespeare wrote an average of 1.5 plays a year since he started writing in 1589 based on the fact that  he wrote at least 37 plays, 154 sonnets and a number of poems! that we know of. This is In addition to a number of “lost plays” and plays that Shakespeare collaborated on.  
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12. Shakespeare has been credited by the Oxford English Dictionary with
introducing almost 3,000 words to the English language. Estimations of his
vocabulary range from 17,000 to a dizzying 29,000 words – at least
double the number of words used by the average conversationalist.


13. Shakespeare’s last play was The Two Noble Kinsmen  and is believed to
have been written in 1613 when he was 49 years old.

14. 
Shakespeare’s shortest play, The Comedy of Errors is only a third of the length
of his longest, Hamlet, which takes four hours to perform.


15. 
There are only two Shakespeare plays written entirely in verse:
they are Richard II and King John.


16. 
The Royal Shakespeare Company sells more than half a million tickets a year for
Shakespeare productions at their theatres in Stratford-on-Avon,
London and Newcastle – introducing an estimated 50,000 people
to a live Shakespeare performance for the first time each year.


17. 
Suicide occurs an unlucky thirteen times in Shakespeare’s plays,
with three suicides occuring in both Antony & Cleopatra and Julius Caesar,
and two suicides in Romeo and Juliet.

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