Stones and Baths

Photo credits: Brandan Young [since currently I am camera -less]

Yesterday we woke up bright and early to travel to the ancient stones at Stonehenge and then on to the city of Bath to view the healing Roman baths. This trip was provided free from FIE and so even though we we were quite tired we made sure to attend.

I was pretty certain Stonehenge was made without human hands but as myth would have it I was utterly wrong with my assumption. These stones took thousands and thousands of men to just move them and they carried them quite a long way. The circular formation has to do with ceremonial practices and when standing inside the circle with 100 men singing the sound is supposed to cancel out all the outside noise of the world!

I found Stonehenge to be very touristy, as one might have guessed but it was still an experience to see those stones so close up. Quite interesting.

Then we moved onto the city of Bath all the while traveling around winding roads with luscious green farm land rolling on until forever on either sides of us. Sheep, pigs and cows roamed the land as if they owned it and sporadic fields of flowers made the 40 minute trip from Stonehenge to Bath quite enjoyable. I had not been informed that Bath was actually a current city that housed many and that was quite up to date with shops, boutiques and restauraunts so as we pulled up into this city on a hill I was overly thrilled. Apparently when Bath was built the young 21 year old architect made sure that Bath residents upheld many strict rules so as to keep it a civilized place. Swords had to be given up at the entrance and there was to be no funny business in the streets. The classically inspired architecture made me feel like i truly was in the heart of Europe, quite reminiscent to a town in Italy.

After visiting the Roman baths, which I highly propose anyone skip upon their visit, we had free time to roam the streets, eat lunch and shop! I wish we had more time in Bath since it was so gorgeous. Fun fact: the flowers and foliage in Bath are so nice that they win most beautiful city in England for flowers every single year and one year the judges asked Bath is they could for just once not enter the competition so that another city could win!

Overall the day was lovely, only about 2.5 hours to get back to our flat and everyone enjoyed a mid-day snooze along the coach.

When we returned, the sun was out finally for the first time in our whole trip so far. We relished in this delight, put on shorts and ventured of into the park...