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So… got to see some pretty cool rocks this weekend. And this one weird town famous for their baths.
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Yes- got to go to Stonehenge and Bath on Saturday!!
The trip was an excursion led through GlobaLinks so our little Kent group met up with all the other study abroad kids in London and from there, we took a coach (a double-decker one too!). I think I’ll cut to the chase and jump right into telling you about the places.
Up first: Stonehenge.
Okay, yeah, cool just a bunch of old rocks right? To be honest, that’s kind of what I was thinking as we were walking there. It's hard to explain but once you got up to them and all of a sudden you are standing in front of these massive rocks that you know are super significant and famous… you definitely have an OMG moment. The whole thing was just kind of surreal. I legitimately felt like I just jumped into a National Geographic magazine or something. I am having trouble being articulate I’m sorry, it really is hard to describe what is so cool about seeing rocks. But I suppose after all, they aren’t just any rocks… this is flippin STONEHENGE! Dillon, I know you said my blogs make you feel like you are at all the places with me, but for this one, guys you really just have to go see them yourself. My pictures don’t even do it justice. Put it on the bucketlist, make it happen, and you’ll understand what I mean when you cross it off.
Next up: Bath.
Bath was hard for me to be in because it felt soooo much like Rome. Seeing as how the whole focus of the town is the Roman baths, guess this kinda makes sense. It made me miss pilgrimage a lot… Anyway, yes Bath was a stunning town. The fact we were there on a Saturday probably had something to do with it, but this was a happenin’ place! So many people. We had a little free time to explore the town a bit before going into the museum. There was a cute little flea market going on down the road, so we popped over to that. Alright so, the actual baths! Quite the informative museum! Learned that the baths were thought to have healing powers, so many people would travel here hoping to rid themselves of whatever disease they may have had. What was cool about the museum too was that it had many artifacts from the Roman period including a whole case full of coins that had been thrown into the spring over time. Due to the high amount of sulphate, sodium, and other chemicals in the water, the coins have eroded enough that they cannot decipher the origins
of them exactly. Also included in the museum was a full Roman skeleton as well as a 3D model rendition of what the face would have looked like. Then, at the end of the museum, you came to the actual baths. Ah man, definitely the highlight of my weekend was taking my picture by the main bath. This was not just your average photo-op. Oh, no. The whole weekend I was hauling around my towel and a luffa just for this moment. What can I say, I told you I loved puns (: I definitely helped everyone get their laugh in for the day. Ah, so excellent.
Before getting back on the bus, I have to mention that I found black current ice cream. Delicious. <3
When we returned to London, us Kent kids made our way to our hostel. This place made my 1975 hostel look like a cardboard box- holy guacamole! Veryy classy place. We were in a 4-bed room with its own sink and nicer mattresses than we have at school! Plus, they had Banksy pictures in the hallway so needless to say, I loved the place. (Well, not loved it because it can’t love me back right, Dad?)
Got some rest for leg 2 of the journey.
Keep Calm and Bathe On.
Cheers!
<3 E