For our anniversary I bought us tickets to see As You Like It at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. We went out for dinner Saturday night to then to the show. It was 3 hours long, but we only saw the first hour. Brutal. I do not recommend this show. The Elizabethan English was fine, the stage was puny, the props nonexistent, and the actors weren't even hot. The story was not even eventful nor was the entire experience.

I wanted to get a reservation to a nice restaurant first, but because I left that too long we couldn't get in anywhere for a pretheater meal. We ended up going to a pub, had great pub food, wonderful Guiness...and it ended up being the highlight of the night. The Boar's Head is highly recommended, their food is great and the staff are hilarious!



We did park a few blocks down the street and walk into the theater so the stroll along the river was wonderful. The weather was gorgeous and our spirits were high after such a relaxing time at the pub (I am sure the beer has something to do with it, too).



Not sure what to do next year, but it won't be a show at The Festival.