8.02.2008

London: Day 2


We took an Evan Evans bus tour to Windsor Castle, the town of Windsor, the city of Bath, and Stonehenge. Whirlwind tour may be a better description! It was a lovely way to learn a little bit about each place…say you’ve been there…and make a decision on whether you’d like to invest more time at each place or not. We found out that Nicholas Cage has purchased a villa in Bath and we fell in love with the quaintness and beauty of the area. We visited the Roman Baths…hence the name BATH. We were warned not to touch or drink the water as it is not treated. What did we see as we descended down to the baths? People practically taking a bath in the baths. They are exceedingly hot and smell of sulphur and supposedly still have medicinal powers. We bought a small vial of the water to take home and place next to our St. Augustine water instead. Stonehenge…wow. Not on a hill like we thought, but still just as magnificent. Stonehenge is far out into the countryside, as you would imagine, but the road passes right next to it. We were shocked to see it just outside our bus window! We parked at the car park and we in such awe of the structures as we approached. The reason why we never take tours is this...you are on someone else's time. We did it this time because we had a lot that we wanted to see in one day and this was the most logical way to do it. We were only left with 40 minutes at Stonehenge and we felt exceedingly rushed. We were able to walk around Stonehenge but didn't have the time to sit and gape and reflect as we had dreamed. We will go back one day and are very thankful we were able to see it, nevertheless!

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