I spent last Saturday with the people of my program exploring Bath and Stonehenge. It was a really fun day, but it was quite long. Also, audio guides can get rather obnoxious. I stopped listening eventually. I just couldn't take it all in. But continuing...
Having learned about Stonehenge in art history classes I was really looking forward to going. I had been told before that it was anti-climactic, so I knew not to hype it up too much. The audio guides were really funny, because they basically continuously said that no one was certain why stonehenge was created. There are interesting theories, but everything is relatively up for debate. In general, though, it is really impressive that anyone was able to construct such an interesting thing during that time. People have attempted to reconstruct similar pieces, and have ended up with their rocks sinking into water numerous times.
We had more time than was probably necessary there, and I have far too many pictures of these rocks, but it was fun to go and see it. After the long day everyone was ready to head back and sleep. Getting up early on Saturdays is difficult anywhere. It was nice to have a group trip with everyone on our program that I didn't have to plan. People are currently attempting to schedule day trips and fall break and, honestly, it was nice to have something figured out for me. Sometimes I really just don't want to look up any more train details.
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