Stonehenge, Bath, & Chelsea

I haven't been very good about writing in this recently so it's time to do a quick recap of the events of the past few days.

Saturday ISA took us to Stonehenge and Bath. Stonehenge was fascinating. Mainly because the first thing we heard on our audio recording was no one knows why it's here or what it was really used for. What?! It's just so funny. They have their suspicions though. They think it was used as a place for healing because they found bodies buried around it and all of them had some sort of disease. It also perfectly aligns with the summer solstice. Downside to the trip was that it was absolutely freezing outside. Don't let my pictures of the bright and cheery sun fool you. It wasn't warm. It was difficult to take in all that Stonehenge had to offer. I mean these rocks are over 4000 years old! We did the best we could though. And hey my pictures still turned out pretty good! If I can't find a job after college I could always pick up photography!

Bath has been one of my favorite places so far. I love London but it was so nice to get out of the city and finally see the English countryside. After all I am an Oklahoma girl and all we have are the plains. Bath was kind of settled into the land and as we're driving up we could see basically all of it from the top of the hill. It was beautiful. All of the buildings are built in the same creamish colored stone. They all had this uniformity that made the whole town seem idyllic and like your quintessential English town. We were able to walk around Bath for a little while before heading into one of Bath's main attractions the Roman Baths. The baths were first discovered when a man was walking around with his pigs and they stumbled upon this water and began playing in it. Well his pigs had leprosy and after getting out of the water he noticed they were healed. Once the Romans found out about this the rest is history. The began using it as a public bathing area. Definitely don't think I would have ever used it! The water is warmed naturally and felt great when we stuck our hands in! Little did we know it's not the safest to touch nowadays. Oops.

The rest of the week had been uneventful. The best part happened to be when I finally got my fill of breakfast food! I had been craving it for the past month. Eggs, bacon, pancakes, hashbrowns. I wanted the works. The Breakfast Club happens to be right around the corner from my dorm and serves breakfast all day. New favorite place.

Today we went to Chelsea Football Stadium. That was actually pretty cool. I wish I had done a little research though and learned more about their players. I literally had no idea what our tour guide was talking about the whole time. It was still interesting to see their stadium, especially since the team had recently won the Eurocup!

Hope everyone has a brilliant week! I'm off to bed cause although it may not seem like it I have class in the morning.

Cheers!

P.S. Some exciting news to share. My trip to Ireland is booked! In just two weeks from today Melanie, Emma, Allyse, and I will be traveling to Dublin. Can't wait!!