Our accommodation is nice. it's basically a bachelor pad surrounded by cobble streets and tourist traps. For example, there's a fudge shop opposite the birth-place of William Shakespeare, which is about 3 minutes walk away from us. My first impressions of the town were pretty good; I saw the area as quaint and innocent. Strangely, this changed after a 10PM trip to the nearby 'One-Stop' for some 'Fanta Lemon'.
As I waited in line to pay I couldn't help but notice around 80% of the people in line were Russian. I could tell this not only from their accents, but also from the fact that one of them was called 'Boris'. It turned out that the man behind the counter was also Russian, and upon realising this the group of Russian men in line all decided to high-five this man in turn. Ironically, his name was 'Dimitri', the second most stereotypical Russian name in existence (Shortly behind 'Boris')
It was like entering an English corner shop for some lemonade and walking out into Moscow city centre.
This is one of the houses along the main street. Apparently, It's Shakespeare's birth-place. To be honest, one of my geeky dreams is to fashion a time machine out of cogs and wheels and travel back in time to meet the man himself. It'd be a disappointment if he turned out to be a miserable bastard, though.Click on 'Newer Post' to read about the next day in Stratford
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