My British Journal: I left a part of myself in history... literally!

What a day! What a day! We did so much today that I should probably apologize before hand for the super long post that this is going to be!

Today was our first day trip! We went to Stonehenge, Bath, and Stourhead. What an interesting world England is!

It all started out with the drive to Stonehenge. Not very long of a drive, but a beautiful one! It was so nice to be able to see some of the country side and to be out of the city for a bit!

Stonehenge was cool. Smaller than I expected but fun to see. Nothing too exciting. I took a bunch of pictures and just walked around for a while. It literally is in the middle of nowhere. Its right by a highway, but that's about it. Just lots of trees with some cows nearby. It was really neat to see a place that is always talked up so much. I still think it was the aliens.

Then we headed up to Bath. (Oh and we watched the new version of Pride and Prejudice during the bus ride!) Bath is a really interesting city. I wish that we had more time to spend there. All the buildings are made out of the same yellow stone that gradually gets lighter over time. There are some beautiful churches and homes in that area. We saw Nicholas Cage's house as well as where Jane Austin lived when she lived in Bath for a few years. It was just a fun city in general.

Then we headed to the Roman Bath which is where the city got its name. Now, that was cool. It was a lot different than I expected. I also took a billion pictures of lots and lots of random things. We took an audio tour to get a few more details about the place. Some things were really very interesting. The Romans were smart ones, that's for sure!

Sadly, when we were walking through part of the remains/museum, I tainted those beautiful ruins. I accidently dropped my pen over the side of one of the railings over by an alter. Kinda embarrassing. I tried to shrug it off like nothing happened.... but I don't know how well that worked. So, literally, a piece of me is left in history, well until someone picks it up which I'm sure has already happened. haha

After the bath, we had an extra hour to wander around. We found some cute shops and things while we were searching ALL over for a little caffeine. Somehow we ended up in this very air conditioned grocery store which rocked! It was very humid today, so we were all dying and could really use the cold air.

Then it was off to Stourhead. This is a park that was entirely man made. Every bit of the place was carefully and strategically positioned. Every tree, bush, and.. well... tree. It was beautiful! There was a lake and some really sweet buildings as well as a cute bridge! Such a fun place!

Also!!!! It was where they filmed part of the new Pride and Prejudice. The scene where Mr. Darcy first asks Elizabeth to marry him was filmed at a pretty little temple there. So, naturally, we HAD to find that temple. We did and we took some fun pictures as well! It was really cool to be there and experience that!

There were a lot of bugs. It was gross.

It was really humid today. Not as hot as its been in the city recently, but really humid.

After Stourhead, we came home and went to dinner. Its funny how I'm in London surrounded by all kinds of different, unique foods and all I wanted was Subway! So, Kaitlin, Tricia, and I got some nice subway sandwiches. It tasted amazing! :) So nice! haha

Then I got to come home and finish up some homework. I had to write a poem for my English class. Let me tell you how excited I was about that one. I've never written a poem before and I was not looking forward to it and kept putting it off as much as possible. But, once I started it wasn't too bad.

The agenda for tomorrow: class and then Westminster Abbey. I am so excited!!! London Rocks!

Love you all! Hope to hear from some of you soon! (wink wink)