It was an early morning today. We had to meet the bus in front of the CAPA Center at 7:45 am. The problems began with that meeting time and ended when the tube decided to sit for an extra long time at stops before ours. We didn’t leave the tube station until about 7:55, five minutes before we were leaving. It was a good thing that our whole group was all together so we were all late to the bus.
We had the same tour guide, Eric that we had on the city tour. He was really great. Not only did he know so much information about Stonehenge and British history in general, but also he recognized everyone’s need to sleep on the way to Stonehenge.
There’s very little known about Stonehenge except the general time that it was built and the kind of rocks that it’s made out of. The biggest rocks were from about 165 miles away from the actual place, which makes it a real mystery.
After finishing up at Stonehenge, we were on our way to Bath. I didn’t know what to expect at Bath except the fact that the Romans made a bath around a natural hot spring.
The town was amazing. It was all built in Georgian architecture, both new and old buildings. It was really cool being able to explore the city and just mosey around at our leisure. We saw some spectacular houses, including the area that Nicholas Cage has a house in.
But besides that, the small group that I was in (Becky, Adam, and Nick) decided to grab some Cornish pasties. They were like really good hot-pockets and I felt very Harry Potter-ish. Vicious and hungry pigeons that had some serious nerve attacked us while we were eating but then a seagull put them in their place… for about a minute.
We walked around and found a Belgian chocolate shop that had some amazing hot chocolate that Eric told us about. The drink felt like I was drinking straight chocolate that was melted. We split a small cup that was £1.50, but it was almost too much for the four of us.
We all met together again so that we could go into the Roman baths. It was really interesting and so cool that we got to walk on the same floor that was put down almost 2,000 years ago. The audio tour took us through the entire complex and told us the history of why it was made. It was believed that a goddess controlled the water and that it had healing powers. People would put notes into the baths directed at the goddess, and most of them were curses.
It was a pretty long tour, but it was cool seeing the different chambers and the plumbing system that they had. It was hardly modern day stuff, but the pools were still watertight and the drains worked fine.
We had about a three hour bus ride back to London, so everyone took a nap. It was nice because it helped us recuperate from the long day and get us ready for the night.
Becky and I researched places to go, but the cheapest was a place called Fabric and it costs about £11 to get in. Thankfully, people knew of a place called O’Neill’s that we decided to try.
It was jam packed, but tons of fun. The band was really good and played amazing music. We had such a great time dancing the night away.
'Til tomorrow.
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