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PLEASE GO!
I spent four weeks in England, and though I didn't spend time in London, here is the run-down on the places I did go:
(This was at Georgetown University's "Shakespeare: Text and Performance" program. It is six credits in four weeks, open to undergrads and grad students of any university, though I suspect GU students have preference.)
Leicester - This is a college town. I LOVED IT! It is small; you could shop the whole city in a day. The shopping is actually pretty good there. England is big on music and books, two things i love. Leicester has the second biggest Caribbean festival in England. They also have a fairly prominent gay community. It is a really really diverse city, with a large South Asian community.
Stratford on Avon - The ONLY way to study Shakespeare. We saw Richard II in "The Other Place" and it is now my favorite of all the plays. The food there is great, and go see all the sites.
York - Didn't like it. Was pretty rural and there were racist hicks there. We saw the mystery cycles in York Minster, and they were good.
Oxford - Some APO Brothers went there for the past two summers and liked it. I found it to be commercial. . .LIKED THE SHOPPING! But I saw more Americans in Oxford than any other place.
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