On Thursday, everyone on the program got to go on the London Eye, a 450 foot ferris wheel, at night. From the top you could see most of London lit up, which was really cool. It was a bit cloudy, so we couldn't see as far as we would have been able to on a clear day, but it was really neat being able to see that much of a huge city all around us.
View from London Eye
Then at 8:20 on Friday morning, we all got on a coach bus and started off to Stonehenge. It's crazy thinking those stones have been in the ground for thousands of years, and are still standing. It was cool being able to see them, but half the walkway was closed and you couldn't get very close to them, which was a bummer. Stonehenge was a neat thing to see, and something I can now say I've been to, but overall, all that Stonehenge is, is a bunch of rocks. Not overly exciting. The most exciting thing was getting out of the center of London where I have been for the last nearly month. While we were at Stonehenge, it almost seemed as if I was back in Iowa for a while. There was some snow on the ground, and we were surrounded by open fields. As we left Stonehenge and headed for bath, the only thing different between being here and being in Iowa, besides driving on the other side of the road, were signs that said "Tank Crossing" rather than "Deer Crossing".
Stonehenge
Bath was a nice change of pace. It was a lot smaller than London, and the people were much more relaxed and seemed a lot friendlier. Although there are around 100,000 people living in Bath, it seemed small after being in London for so long. We went to the Roman baths and once again, it's crazy how those stones have been in the exact same place for so long, and how the natural bath still has the same lining and is still waterproof from thousands of years ago. After going through the Roman baths, we were able to try some water. It was the worst water I have ever had. It was warm and tasted just plain bad. But when am I going to have the chance to do that again? It's another thing I can say I have done, that a majority of people haven't. We also got to go to a rugby match. I had no clue how rugby was played before hand, but towards the end, I started to get a feel for it. One thing I noticed was that those guys are strong and tough. I don't think I'd last an entire match, or 5 minutes in a match at that.
Steam coming up from Roman Baths
Bath Rugby
Sunday, we left Bath around 11:30, 30 minutes later than we were supposed to because the coach wasn't there. But it eventually got there and we headed off to Lacock Village. I ended up spending an hour and a half in the abbey, just walking through it and taking pictures. It's crazy to think that it was used as a house until the late 20th century. Oh yeah, this is also where some of the Harry Potter movies were filmed. After walking through the abbey, I walked around the block in Lacock and enjoyed seeing the difference from the states, in which every building was made of stone or brick of some sort. It would have been nice if cars weren't on the streets, just to make it look more like it did back in the day, but it was still a pretty neat place to spend an afternoon.
Lacock Abbey
Well, that's about it. I finally get to work tomorrow, got out of London for a weekend, and having a good time. Have a good week and God bless!
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