Monday, November 07, 2005

Stonehenge - Finally!

We finally made it out to Stonehenge this past Saturday! And it was pretty cool. We ended up taking a bus tour that took us first to Salisbury where we saw the Salisbury Cathedral.

We had to catch the bus at 7:40am - and it was freezing! We all passed out on the way there though and the bus driver commented to us when we woke up. At one point the tour guide lady even said over the speaker "You awake back there?", because we took over the back of the bus. Haha



After the catherdal we went to a cute pub called The Kings Arms. I had the salmon which was pretty good. Anne had the pasta and she was annoyed because she felt like it was something her younger brother would have made. Check out her blog for a picture or her half eaten plate. (hehe) After lunch we got on the bus again and were on our way to Stonehenge. We got there and after about 5 minutes it started to rain. We could take it though! Note the colorful umbrellas and furry hoods.





(Photo e-props to Anne for this one)

So after Stonehenge we were walking back to the bus when Stef decided to stop and help out the acients erect some more stones...

This worked up quite an appetite (as you can imagine) so some Stonehenge treats were in order.




After our tasty treats we got back on the bus and were headed towards Bath. First stop was the Bath Abbey.

After that it was on to the Roman Baths. Very impressive that the plumbing put in when the site was created is still working to this day!




You can also learn a bunch of facts on the handy-dandy radio guide...

We also were able to drink some of the Spa Water. Don't worry, it was semi-treated. No tapeworms or weird one-celled organisms floating around in our stomachs.



After our day trip we headed back home to look for a hip-hop club in London. Not very easy to come by on a Saturday night.. but we finally found one. It was called Rainforest - and yes it had a huge fake hairy gorilla inside.

2 comments:

Jenne said...

Wow, awesome photos, Jenn! I would love to visit Stonehedge. Sounds like an adventure of a day ... xx

Calenna said...

Hey Jenne - Stonehenge is a massive collection of ROCKS, not shrubbery.. I don't think the ancient gods and Stonehenge builders would appreciate your calling them hedges! Hee hee hee!