Day Three (Haworth and Stratford)

Salutations! Greetings from the North! This is Charis and Celine, your bloggers for today.

Today we left the beautiful Lake District (sob D:) and headed for Yorkshire, more specifically, Haworth, where the famous Bronte family lived. The Bronte family are an extremely important fixture in the history of English literature, and being as this was a literary tour, it was essential that we visit. While we were coaching to the house of the Brontes, (this has now been converted into a museum to pay homage to the Brontes) we were struck by the beautiful landscape, not beautiful and serene like the Lake District, but fierce and treacherous and wild, with the rough terrain and the craggy moors with tufts of grass all over the place, almost liberating in its wildness.

When we reached the Bronte house, we were taken for a talk, which educated us on the life and times of the Bronte family, and the circumstance under which the three most famous sisters (namely Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronte) might have written the classics which made them timeless. As many of us had not read the Bronte books, this talk was certainly an eye-opener and it really helped us understand the history behind this obscure and mysterious literary family.

Then, we took a tour round the Bronte house. It was especially impactful to see so many of the items that the Brontes themselves might have used, more notably, Charlotte's gown, and the chair in which it is said that Emily died in. It drove home the fact they were real people, not just a fixture in literature, or a fixture in the past, but they lived and breathed and they were people, real, talented people who left behind a legacy that will stay with the human race forever. And this was really a mindblowing thought and it really made an impact on us.

After that, we went to the souvenir shop and all of us attempted to buy down the store, but failed, thankfully, otherwise our luggage would have been stopped at the airport going home. :)

We then headed down in the coach to Stratford, thus leaving the North for good (sob D:) We were to watch a play that night, Romeo and Juliet, performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. As we've all analysed the play in our Sec 2 LA classes, most of us were familiar with the play. We thought the acting was rather splendid and the whole atmosphere of the theatre and having a play brought to life was an excellent experience for us all.

Finally, we rushed back to the travelodge, fatigued but happy. We thought it was an extremely enriching and fun day, and we look forward to more happy days to come! :)

This is Celine and Charis, farewell and good night!