Monday, March 25, 2013

Rocks and Romans

      On Saturday, my friend Stephanie and I braved the cold and the sow to go to Stonehenge and Bath with an Arcadia group. We met at the Arcadia London Centre and go on a coach. It was about a two hour drive to Stonehenge where we got off. While Arcadia bought our tickets we all stood out in the freezing cold. I could not believe that it was so cold and snowy in late March. We were allotted an hour at the sight, though many of us spent a lot less time than that walking around. It was very interesting to see, and we had an audio guide to tell us the history and such, but it was actually not as impressive as a lot of us thought it would be.  After stopping at the gift shop and getting a bit of warm lunch from the café, we were back on the coach again. It was another hour to Bath, during which it got a little bit warmer. When we got to Bath they gave us a brief tour of the city, showing us all the major sights and such, and then let us loose. Stephanie and I went to the Roman Baths  which was really cool. I love the Roman era and I find it fascinating that they were so advanced. When we stopped off at the gift shop, I had to stop myself from buying a copy of Harry Potter in Latin (Harrius Potter). I know that I would not be able to read it though and saved 15GBP. Then we went to Bath Abbey, which was beautiful. I love European churches, especially really old ones. After that we walked around Bath for a bit before getting some Italian gelato before we got on the coach.
     On a side note, this is the last week for Arcadia classes here and exams are next week. My City class has a few more weeks of class and the exam in on the16th of April. We have already started picking classes for next year and are doing housing stuff. It is exciting.
Stonehenge!

Side of Bath Abbey


Roman Baths

This is called the Royal Crescent

Inside the Roman Bath.

This is the head of their goddess Minerva

This former Bath has coins lining the bottom.

Bath Abbey

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