Day 2 we went to Stratford on Avon, birthplace of Shakespeare. That was pretty cool, saw his house and his grave and Dave and I went for a row on the Avon. Had traditional English fish and chips for lunch with vinegar.
Day 3 We went to the Cadbury factory. It was awesome, we were given 2 chocolate bars and a bag of chocolate buttons before we even went into the first room. There was a vat of melted chocolate being stirred which looked amazing, we walked through the jungle to learn about the origins of the cocoa bean, learned about how the Cadbury factory began, wrote our name in chocolate, got more free samples, watched the chocolate being packaged in the factory, went on a silly ride that felt like the duff beer ride, and got a cup of marshmallows drowned in melted chocolate but the best thing was the entire factory smelt absolutely delicious! Felt incredibly sick afterward. Almost felt like i wouldn't be able to eat chocolate again, but I decided that would pass and I bought some chocolate at the super cheap chocolate store.
That evening Dave and I went to a movie, Drag me to Hell, it was pretty scary and a bit gruesome.
Day 4 we went to Warwick Castle, The best castle i have ever seen. It actually looks like a proper castle with turrets and whatnot. Unfortunately we got rained on while watching the Trebuchet (catapult thing), and we also saw an archery demonstration. We were able to walk through the rooms of the castle and they had wax people in each room to give you an idea of how people used to live hundreds of years ago. The wax people were really creepy and I didn't like to look at them for too long because they look too real and i thought they might move. The gardens around the castles were beautiful and had peacocks all over the place.
Day 5 Went to Alton Towers. England's main theme park. I have wanted to go to a theme park for so long so i was pretty excited. Dave was less excited. This resulted in me going on all the rides myself. I didn't mind too much but it made the queues pretty boring. The waits were massive, an average of 45mins per ride. Hence i only went on 6 rides. So i only chose the most extreme rides. I went on Oblivion twice, Air, Nemesis, Rita-Queen of speed and Spinball Whizzer. Oblivion was definitely the best, its a roller-coaster that has a vertical drop, it holds you at the top of the drop then you plummet into the ground, literally, there is a hole in the ground which you drop into and then you go through a tunnel and back up again. It was awesome. I managed to go on it twice by running to it at the end of the day just before it closed, i just made it in time and i didn't have to wait at all! I live for that speed and stomach dropping feeling. So that was a fantastic day and Dave managed to find things to entertain himself while i was o the rides.
And today we've had a relaxing day and Dave made me a traditional English breakfast, eggs, bacon, sausages, cooked tomato, mushrooms, baked beans and toast. It was delicious. I did opt against the black pudding though, dried blood holds little appeal to me. This evening we are going to a BBQ and then tomorrow i go back to London and will be catching up with Karen and Clem.
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