Outside London – Yanks in the UK https://yanksintheuk.net A blog about Kurt & Lynnette's adventures living abroad Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:09:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.14 Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/07/shakespeares-stratford-upon-avon/ https://yanksintheuk.net/2019/07/shakespeares-stratford-upon-avon/#comments Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:05:13 +0000 http://yanksintheuk.net/?p=811 Those wits, that think they have thee, do very oft prove fools. And I, that am sure I lack thee, may pass for a wise man. For what says Quinapalus? ‘Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit.’ Twelfth Night, Act 1, Scene 5 We could credit Shakespeare for bringing us together. We met online …

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