Blogs from Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

Today we took a bunch of jumbled up trains from Portsmouth and eventually wound up in Salisbury where we caught a bus to Stonehenge. Stonehenge was very interesting and while you can't get right up to the stones you can certainly get close enough to see them quite well. I took tons of pictures and it was all very good. They have a free audio tour which came with admission and told us all kinds of neat information. Definitely worth the hassle and expense of getting here. Onwards from Salisbury back to London we went. A long, expensive, tiring process. Eventually, however, we made it back to Dan's house and sleep came quickly. ~ Dan... read more

Day 11: Tues, May 8th We had to leave our wonderful B&B today. :( We were the only guests this morning, and they made us such a great breakfast. I could totally get use to this kind of living, someone else to cook for you all the time. Tim would say I already have that, hehe….We drove onwards to Bath today. We got to Bath at about noon, and I immediately liked it. It really is a charming Georgian town with a calming river running through, and cute medieval streets. First thing we headed to were, The Roman Baths. These were so fascinating and I loved it. It’s set up really well, and has some super interesting artifacts. Because the main Bath is in its original structure, it’s very easy to imagine the Romans walking around ... read more

Salisbury: Water Meadows, Cathedral, Poultry Cross, but No Steak We arrive at Waterloo Station with 15 minutes to spare to grab some baguette sandwiches and withdraw yet more money from the ATM. Who can live in London? We’ve seen one show and are broke again, and even with a student concession, this London Walks trip is about to run us £42 apiece. Our guide Chris has no problems raising her voice, so I’m guaranteed not to miss anything today even though the group is 30 big. The train ride southwest to Salisbury is about 80 minutes long and the English countryside is serene and picturesque - just as it is in every movie you’ve seen set in rural England. I only looked for a few minutes at the green fields, the yellow canola plots, and the ... read more

UntitledStonehenge was constructed in three phases. It has been estimated that the three phases of the construction required more than thirty million hours of labour. Speculation on the reason it was built range from human sacrifice to astronomy The purpose was to Worship the Moon and the Sun. ... read more

Consider Stonehenge checked off the list of "Places to see before you die". We toured the giant tourist stones in the rain, which Im learning is not actually typical of England. The audiotour left me unsatisfied...still no answers to "Who moved these 45 tonne stones?" Why did they do it? And even more importantly, "how in the world did they get them here?" The audiotour only provided the answer of "giant rafts" and "probably for the sun god". The amazing thing is that one-third of these rocks are buried beneath the ground, and the concentric circles were probably erected hundreds of years apart from each other. We need more answers. More impressive to me than Stonehenge was the Salisbury Cathedral, voted England's second most beautiful cathedral. I havent seen the first, but Ill have to ... read more