First of all, I have to say that peanut butter and honey sandwiches have never saved me quite as well as they did this weekend. Our adventure started early Saturday morning, where we took a train to Salisbury and from there took a bus to Stonehenge. We had a glorious day full of sunshine and nothing less than perfect weather. It was refreshing and awesome to be able to see Stonehenge in person, and I definitely recommend it to everyone. I still don't really understand all of the history behind it (I guess that's what the internet's for), but it's crazy to think that men were able to build a structure like that that has stood for so many centuries. After our tour of Stonehenge we headed to Bath. Our hostel was interesting to say the least, so sleep was pretty difficult to find that night. I was soooo glad I was awake to hear a mass of drunk people singing Enrique Iglesias' "Hero"...If you don't know it, look up the lyrics because they're awesome.
We woke up early the next morning to head to the Roman Baths. To me it sounds kind of weird that tons of people bathed together, but it was actually pretty neat to hear all of the history behind it. After the Baths we tried to take a tour of the abbey, but there were services all day and we didn't get to go inside. The outside was pretty enough though, so we felt satisfied. After a quick Starbucks (sooo good) we went to find the Jane Austen Centre. Jane Austen spent a lot of time with her family in Bath, so they had the place where she stayed turned into a sort of museum. I bought sister a pretty sweet present (you'll never guess) and after talking with Jane for a bit we walked around the city and looked in some of the cute shops they had there and then headed home in the early afternoon. We had a long trip home, but the entire experience was worth it. Every day I love living here more and more, and every day God is showing me more and more of his glory. All in all I'm just so grateful for this experience and for the memories that I'm making and am excited for the next two months and for when I get to see all of you again! And until next time, here's some pretty sweet pics :)
Lauren and I at Stonehenge...really close up and you can't see Stonehenge, but oh well!
Stonehenge!
Stonehenge and glory.
Bath. I named all of the statue after people...Chris is the one on the far right.
Bath from the bottom. Look at the steam!
Bath Abbey that we didn't get to go into.
1 comment:
Wow! So fun! I can't wait to get my present! You shouldn't have :)
"Stonehenge . . . the biggest HENGE in the WORLD!" -Eddie Izzard
We finally got skype; we need a date!
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