Sunday – June 15, 2008
Stratford upon Avon
Our tour guide, Leslie, led us on a tour of William Shakespeare’s hometown. After the tour, many of us enjoyed cream tea which is a cup of tea served with a scone with jam and clotted cream.

Lots of nice shops to enjoy. One very interesting fact that we learned there (which will be helpful for any singers) is how to cure a sore throat. If you went to visit Dr. John Hall (Shakespeare’s son-in-law) with a sore throat, he would hold a frog in your throat until . . . well, let’s just say until it did what frogs do. That either cleared up the problem, or kept the patient from ever going back – so Dr. Hall thought they were cured! Anyhow, that’s where the phrase “I’ve got a frog in my throat”comes from.

Notice the sign at the top of the picture "Moon" - perfect for Peggy

Then it was back on the bus to London. After checking into our rooms, John led some of us to dinner in Chinatown. We learned to navigate through “the Tube” (subway) and found our way to a delicious Chinese restaurant. Even with taking the Tube (not riding the tube – we were corrected by John) we had quite a walk through the streets of London. A four hour dinner trip that was quite an adventure!