So this past weekend, I went to Bath and Stonehenge. Both of which were A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! It was a very relaxing weekend since I don't think Bath and Stonehenge are known for their rockin' parties. I mean, maybe Stonehenge...but no one really knows. Anyway! I'll start off with Bath. If you couldn't guess why Bath is called Bath, I'm not going to explain it to you...but you should probably Google it! We arrived there and saw a park that looked JUST like the (500) Days of Summer park! The afternoon was spend exploring the town (but not actually going into the baths...it was 12 pounds!), we saw a little bit of the baths from the outside, the abbey, and just admired the city and it was beautiful. Everything in Bath is supposed to conform to a certain type of architecture and then be used with bath stone. The weather was gorgeous since it was in the south of England, and perfect for window shopping (and buying the most delicious fudge I'd ever had!). After touring the city, all of the lovely folks on the Don't Be A Tourist trip went to Marmaris which was a Turkish restaurant. It was delicious! We finished off the night by climbing up to get a beautiful view of the city at night and then heading off to a beer garden to have a chat. The next day we packed up all our things from the hostel we were staying at (it was a YMCA!) and headed off to Stonehenge. Contrary to warnings of it not being what you expected, I enjoyed it. If you think you're getting anywhere close to those stones...you're wrong. Those stones are as old as the Pyramids in Eygpt and they'd be crazy to let thousands of people touch those stones on a regular basis.
After Stonehenge, we headed off to a village called Avebury. Avebury is surrounded by stones similar to Stonehenge and you can actually touch those!!! So we hugged some stones, climbed on top of them..yeah! We continued our drive back to West Yorkshire and stopped by Broadway, a tiny town that seemed to be full of families and the elderly. It was precious! There was an old couple that sold ice cream dressed in pastel pink old time-y uniforms..it was just picturesque. Besides the trip, as of lately, I've been applying for internships and looking into potential part-time internships for the fall. As of right now, the Carter Center internship is looking pretty interesting AWESOME. If I apply for it, hopefully I'll get it! For the summer though..I'm waiting for responses to my applications. And now I've got my mind all preoccupied with graduate school or law school!! AHH! Only time will tell! Well, I'm off to London this weekend and I'll be scouting out for some interesting clothing finds.
Adieu!
PS: First photo credit goes to Santiago Almada!
Seen the stones, so you may like this
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