Stratford Day 2

It's about midnight on day 2-man has it been a busy couple of days. My body still isn't totally used to the time difference, so I thought I'd put my insomnia to good use and blog. Today we took a tour of Shakespeare's childhood home and his wife Anne Hatheway's childhood home. It was really interesting to see the old architecture-some of the buildings' properties were the same as when Shakespeare lived there-about 400 years ago. It was really cool. We watched a Shakespeare play tonight and I appreciated the acting skills and experiencing the theater, however I'm not a big Shakespeare fan and find it hard to understand what his plays are about. It was a neat experience, though! I'm having a great time, and really feel like we don't stick out like a sore thumb like I thought we would. Daily life isn't much different here than in America-but seems way more interesting because it's new to me. I can't wait for what the next 12 days has in store for us!