Blogs from Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

Last weekend I just stayed in Bangor. Friends from home came to visit others here, so we just spent time with them. I didn’t go anywhere, but I got a lot of work done on my essays and journals, so the weekend here really was worth it. During OP on Tuesday, we went sailing on the Menai Strait! It was a lot of fun and something very new to me. It was an absolutely gorgeous day but there was one problem: no wind. Wind is pretty essential to sailing, so we were stuck out in the strait without a paddle! We were actually being towed around by the motor boats more than we were sailing. But we did get a gush of wind for about 5 minutes and learned to sail, so that was fun. Sara ... read more

So I've been pretty slack about updating my blog since I've been back, mainly due to lack of travel, fatigue and just plain laziness. Windsor Castle So I started off by myself at 8am and got on a Evan Evans tour out to Windsor Castle. Going on another tour proved to be a weird experience as the people on the tour were slightly uh... more "aged" then Contiki (18-35). Basically I wasn't going to get a tour where everyone was drinking and making immature jokes..instead what I had was an "Eccentric" lady who would rave on about her husband, her dog and all the other generic crap no-one really gave a flying fuck about. When we were getting on the bus, it wouldn't be the laid back "I'll sit wherever I feel like with whoever I ... read more

STONEHENGE is a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire county. Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. The iconic stone monument was erected around 2300BC. The function of STONEHENGE remains unknown, it is believed that its role was that of an astronomical observatory. It is not denied the possibility of having been used by Druids for worship and to have functioned as a religious site. Despite the fact that the weather was unkind to us, I really enjoyed standing face to face with this monumental site that I had only seen and read about in books. It felt almost mystical walking the paths that go round the stones, admiring the huge rocks and listening to stories- in fact mere speculations- concerning the erection of this unmatched monument. We also enjoyed a ... read more

In the last few weeks of my England stay, I'm trying to do as many things a possible. Upon asking anyone if they wanted to go to Stonehenge, Krystel informed me that they were going in two weeks for the Summer Solstice. This sounded like a good plan, so I signed up for the trip. Meeting up after work at Shaun and Krystel's house, the tree of us, and Matt and Gill headed to the famous stones in our stylish Mercedes-Benz. With a little help from Jane, our friendly TomTom (sat nav) voice, we were on our way and cruising... until we hit road works where two out of three lanes were closed, adding an hour to our trip. But on our way again, it wasn't long before we got our first glimpse of the Stones. ... read more

Last week was reading week at UCL. I regret to admit that I didn't do very much reading, but did enjoy not having classes. I worked a lot over the weekends and did some touring during the week, including Tate Modern, Stonehenge and Bath. I went to Tate Modern with my flatmate Martin and his friend from Brno in the Czech Republic who was visiting London for a few days. We started downstairs where there is a crack in the concrete at one end, which gets bigger and bigger and by the end of the room is a crevice that you could fit your foot into. The museum was quite interesting, although I'm not hugely into modern art, so I zipped through a little faster than my Czech companions. My favourite part was a room which ... read more