Hello!
We woke up early this morning then sat un the bus for two hours to reach STONEHENGE! haha It was amazing! It's in the middle of grassy fields. The stone cirle of Stonehenge was built between 3,000 BC and 1,600 BC. It is aligned with the midsummer sunrise and midwinter sunset, but its exact purple remains a mystery. On the summer solstice, many people are supposed to go there and worship and celebrate. Kinda crazy huh?
Yep! that's Stonehenge! It's a lot bigger than it looks in this picture. :)Me and Julianne :)
We decided that we wanted some fun pictures to remember Stonehenge! So naturally, I wanted to jump in the air. :) After that, we saw a lot of other tourists start jumping around taking pictures. YES. I love starting trends haha.
This is Julianne, the Jolly Green Giant ;)
Welcome to Stonehenge! :)
After Stonehenge, we had lunch in Salisbury. Julianne and I split a delicious Rustica Pizza at Strada. Then we walked around the cute town square and made our way to the Salisbury Cathedral. This cathedral has Britain's tallest spire (404 ft!). It is also the home of one of the four survicing original Magna Carta which dates back to 1215! We also saw the world' oldest mechanical working clock from 1386... I didn't even know that they knew how to make mechanical clocks back then! Overall, it was a beautiful cathedral filled with much history and impressive architecture. This was on the way to Salisbury. If you look closely, you should see two sky divers wearing parachutes! :)
This is right outside the cathedral. Everyone just sits outside in the glass and enjoys everyone's company. I love this about the parks in Britain! Everyone is so relaxed. :)There's me standing in front of the tallest spire!
This is inside the choir stalls of the cathedral. Only the very noble and wealthy were allowed to worship in this area.This is the courtyard within the cathedral. It was sooo pretty :)
Just being a tourist around Salisbury... haha
The end!
:)
Hope you're enjoying all of the pictures! There are many more on facebook.
Stonehenge!
Sunday, June 13, 2010 | Posted by Charmaine at 3:19 PM | Labels: london, random, stonehenge, study abroad
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