Yesterday afternoon, some friends and I took a short train ride from Grantham to Nottingham. I was attending a classical music concert there that evening, so we decided to get there a bit early to explore the town. In my British Studies class, my professor had mentioned Nottingham Castle. That was the first object on our agenda and, after the usual interval of getting slightly lost in a new city, we found the castle. Outside we were confronted by a massive statue of Robin Hood who (let's face it) was the main source of our fascination with the city of Nottingham in the first place! Here's us with Robin Hood!
We had to brave the rain all afternoon. It was my first taste of
real England weather.
Nottingham Castle. While the castle doesn't look like it used to, we enjoyed looking at the several museum exhibits inside. Being 19 and 20 year olds... of course we had to participate in the part of the museum where you could dress up in costumes as Robin Hood and his merry men. Needless to say, we had some great laughs.
Nottingham was an interesting city because it was more modern-looking than Stamford but it still had some older landmarks mixed in. That evening, we had some supper and went to the concert at the Theatre Royal. It was the first classical music concert that I've been to in a very long time, and I enjoyed it very much. :)
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