24, 25, 26 ... is everybody on the bus now? Good, hello, my name is Kirsty. That’s K-I-R-S-T-Y. I’m your tour guide and I’m going to tell you about our plans for the day. The weather forecast for today is good. The sun is shining and there are no clouds and no rain. So you don’t need your raincoats. In about ten minutes when the driver arrives we are leaving for Stratford, where the famous English writer William Shakespeare was born more than four hundred years ago. The drive to Stratford takes about two hours and we arrive at one o’clock in time for lunch at the Blue Bell restaurant.

After lunch you have the afternoon from two until six to look around the town. You can walk along the river bank and feed the swans or even go shopping. There are plenty of interesting shops on Henley Street which is one of the oldest streets in the town. You can see the house where Shakespeare was born on this street. On the same street there are many pavement cafés and street entertainers. You can sit and drink cola and watch dancers, acrobats and fire eaters. Another interesting place to visit is the place where Shakespeare died. It’s called New Place. Next door to New Place is the museum where you can spend a happy hour or two. At 6:30 we are all meeting at the Courtyard Theatre to see Shakespeare’s famous play Antony and Cleopatra about love and war in ancient Rome and Egypt. After the play we can all meet in the café before we get on the bus. We are leaving no later than 10:30 and we get back to the hotel after midnight. I hope you all enjoy your day at Stratford. Sit back now and enjoy the journey!