Avenbury, Stonehenge and Bath!

Guess where we went last weekend? We took a hired coach to Avenbury, Stonehenge, and Bath! Avenbury is a town that has a ton of stone circles similar to Stonehenge, except they do not have the stones on top and you can go right up to these stones and touch them. And you can do all of this while enjoying a game of dodge the poop. The stones are in sheep grazing fields, so there is poop everywhere! I stepped in a landmine right before we left. While eating our lunch, we found a shop that sold ice cream, so naturally quite a few of us got some even though it was freezing outside and it hurt our hands to hold it. Still worth it.

Next we drove to Stonehenge in Salisbury, we got the audio-guided tour but I didn't listen to very much of it. I think it is better to just go and look at the stones. They are very beautiful and there is a lot less poop surrounding them!

Then we went to to Cathedral where we ran into Joe Ballandby. After that we got some time to shop in Salisbury and Philip and I picked out a new scarf for him. After an hour we were off to Bath, by this time it was getting close to 5 so it was getting dark. Our days are really short up here, usually it becomes pitch black by 4:45-5 pm. A couple of us went to this little Italian restaurant, I got mint ravioli with a tomato lamb sauce which was delicious!!

On our last day we got to tour the Roman Bath house and at the end of the tour you got to drink some of the water, it tasted like salt water, in case you were wondering.  We also got a tour of the city from a very energetic and enthusiastic guide of the city of Bath. This tour included the Royal Crescent, best known from Jane Austen's Persuasion.  We also saw the Circus, which is a beautiful area of houses. Marin and I ate lunch at this tiny pub on some side street. I think it was the best fish and chips I have ever eaten. On our ride home we couldn't figure out how to work the heater  until the last hour of a four hour car ride. Bob, our driver, picked out a restaurant by a loch for us to eat at for dinner. He then proceeded to explain how a loch worked even though we all said we knew what it was when he originally asked.

Overall a great trip, great weather, (it was cold but no rain). I went to Scotland for thanksgiving weekend with my friend Claire! She is looking at the University of Edinburgh and asked if I wanted to come along. Hmm do I want to go to Scotland? YES. I missed being with my family for Thanksgiving, and I heard they all meet in Afton this year instead of my house. I am currently in the process of procuring my Nottingham ultimate frisbee swag. I'm going to have a new warm up suit when I come home that I am planning on never taking off. Get ready family. It's green yellow and black.
Laters,
Genie