Castles, Old Houses and Hay Beds!

So we've been out of the city seeing lots of old stuff lately. The first is St. Paul's Cathedral, all artistic like.

On Tuesday we went to the Globe to see a Midsummer Night's Dream. It was amazing! We had "groundling" tickets, meaning we were standing in the area right in front of the stage — great view but hard on the legs/feet. The show was hilarious. This is a shot of the play within a play, two of the players kissing.

Next is Warwick Castle, where many of the Dukes, Duchesses and Earls, etc lived a long time ago. I believe they filmed Monty Python here :) Next is Anne Hathaway's Cottage. No, not the star of Devil Wear's Prada. This was Shakespeare's wife, and this was the house where he courted her. We learned a story about the idiom, "Upper Crust." The nasty, burned, bottom half of the bread was given to the servants...