http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , United Kingdom , England , Wiltshire , Stonehenge en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 06:40:57 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 06:40:57 +0000 Today we had a day full of history. First we should visit Winchester hereafter Salisbury and a final trip to Stonehenge. This day was a big highlight of our trip. First Stonehenge which I really wanted to visited when I was young. Second Winchester. Who doesn39t want to visit the city of King Arthur So totally excited we started our third day in England.The day started after breakfast a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-767887.html Let39s start with Stonehenge. I can39t believe I can now cross that off of my bucket list It was so pretty in person. And huge The tour provides you with an hour at the site which is waaaay more than enough time to take it in. You basically walk around and take pictures from every angle and then walk through a teeny little gift shop. I met a new friend Alec from China who literally http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-749321.html Last Sunday I took a train to London and got up early Monday morning for a day tour to Stonehenge and Bath. Stonehenge needs no explanation but Bath in case anyone doesn39t know is a city in the southwest of England known for the Roman baths built on the site of a hot spring.Back in Roman times its name was Aqueous Sulis which is Latin for the waters of Sulis referring to the Goddess d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-703877.html Six thousand years ago Neolithic man started ripping big lumps of rock up and arranging them in a nice circular pattern. Nobody knows why they did this for sure although I suspect that the reason was much the same as why we are trekking around the country looking at them they wanted to see something impressive and they wanted something to do. Perhaps the people of the late stone age left the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-694141.html On Monday the 10th we went to a play called the Pitman Painters in the Duchess Theatre. We sat in what is called the stalls and that39s the ground floor that is eye level with the stage. I39ve found that I like the seats that are on the first balcony because you don39t have to look around other people39s heads if you39re short. I also like the feeling of being able to look down on t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-658801.html I think everybody likes travelling in their own country less than any other country in the world especially when your country rains as much as mine. When you want to visit somewhere in my home country you have to expect it may rain or in my case absolutely pour down.Nikki booked a coach trip for us to Stonehenge Windsor Castle Bath from London that is quite a distance to cover in a day. When http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-652194.html Day 004 Tuesday June 211045 on the train from Salisbury back to London only as a stop over to another train to Brussels Belgium.There was a man our age leaving the same hostel at the same time as us says he39s been travelling Europe for 6 weeks with tussed up hair under a baseball cap oakley sunglasses headphones connected to an ipod he was clicking away at he looked luke a cool you http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-621181.html We had both dreamt of Stonehenge for as long as we could remember its one of those places that is intriguing and awe inspiring. Most people that visit Stonehenge walk away from it and say 39 its just a load of rocks39 but thankfully we had some appreciation of the site with an early morning private tour.We left Water Mill very early one morning to drive our beat up old land drover to a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-620441.html We managed to get up and get in the car by 540 a.m. Kim opted to drive because Rich was having a little difficulty getting his body to understand that it was morning. We had the trusty GPS which marked our way to Stonehenge. Leaving Salisbury we headed north I think and raced the sun. The sky began to lighten even though it was only 600 a.m. Our appointment was at 615 a.m. but it looked lik http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-533874.html Historical Stonehenge http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-496648.html Stonehenge its exactly like the pictures. If you've seen it on the Internet you've seen it in person. What was wonderful was the drive from London to Stonehenge. It takes you across lush green fields and all you can see is occasional cows and sheeps grazing. I was really excited about being at Stonehenge after all that stuff I'd read on the Internet. Stonehenge is a henge monument meaning tha http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-446644.html The girls and I spent October 4th in Bath Stonehenge area for some touristy funBath No rubber duckies hereStonehenge Big RoxThe city of Bath was reminiscent of Oxford with its beautiful architecture. From a distance you can see the honey coloured stones that the buildings are made of. Quite beautiful. We were here mainly for the Roman Baths not to be confused with ensuite baths harhar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-443078.html Hullo Before I say anything else I would just like to mention that we can't say Stonehenge without adopting the accent and tone of voice used in Spinal Tap. For those of you in the know best scene ever is the 12 inch Stonhenge lowered behind the band while they sing Stonehenge on stage. HilariousAnyway so we are on our holidays in St Ives in Cornwall at the very far South West corner of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-435999.html We started out this morning with a slight glitch. I was mistakenly booked onto the wrong day trip and didnt notice until it was too late to try and change it there are benefits to waiting until you get to London to book these tours instead of booking them online through a third partylesson learned. Instead of a Stonehenge Windsor Castle and Bath trip we ended up on a Stonehenge http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-421539.html The bike is no longer roaring and growling with Linda on together with some extra baggage it's more of a blasting through the british countryside pelting the villages with engine noise.The pace is leisurely 40 mph for most of the time although on some parts it feels more like wishful thinking from the authorities side considering the poor state of the road the winding curves and the hedges lin http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-418919.html It was a great experience to have finally seen the famous ring of massive stones Ok the fact that loads of tourists were around really did ruin the whole mystical feel about it and also the fact that we couldn39t actually get closer to the stones but only stare at them from the distance. Nevertheless there is something interesting about them and the thing that strikes the most is probably t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-415886.html Hi everyoneToday we got up and headed into Salisbury to see the cathedral there and then made our way to Stonehenge. These were probably my favorite places on the trip so far. The Salisbury Cathedral is really incredible. The inside is absolutely stunning. The photos really don't do it justice. It's also home to a copy of the Magna Carta which I of course couldn't take any photos of.Salisbury i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-415516.html I am taking a break from Wimbledon tennis and the big City with a short but long 2 hour bus tour down to see ancient Stonehenge near two miles west the city of Amesbury in Wiltshire South England. Noted historians tell us that Stonehenge was built in three phases over a period of 1400 years. it is the most outstanding prehistoric monument in the British Isles I say after St. Andrews hah http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-415210.html After the noise of London Barbara's house in the country is gloriously quiet and we all slept in today. After breakfast we pointed the GPS for Stonehenge and set off.Much of the route took us along small country roads and through some of the small villages including Sheffield where my brother Richard went to school when he lived with Barbara and Victor.After the small roads we got on the highwa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-414209.html Last weekend I just stayed in Bangor. Friends from home came to visit others here so we just spent time with them. I didnt 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 pro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Wiltshire/Stonehenge/blog-384686.html