London 2009: Stonehenge and Bath Photos

So, I have a project due on Monday. A ten minute speech on character relationships in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. But, we had a trip to Stonehenge and the city of Bath today. While in Bath we saw the ancient Roman Bath that was built nearly 3,000 years ago. I loved the city. It was absolutely gorgeous and I would love to live there some day. These pictures are incapable of describing what I saw while I was there. Sorry, the pictures appear in reverse order due to the upload thinger and I am too lazy to switch them. At the end there are also some pictures from our trip to Harrod's.

This is me in front of Bath Abbey, a beautiful church that we unfortunately didn't get to go inside of. The carvings on the front and architecture in general is gorgeous.

This is the inside of the Roman Bath. In the water is part of a reflection of the Cathedral which is also above it in the background. Lots of people touched the water, but it is disgusting and I heard someone got meningitis from touching it once. Better safe than sorry, but everyone who touched it did say it was very warm.

This is me, at the far end of the bath with the length of it in the background.

I was pretending to touch the water in this picture, but Alan cut it out. It is still an good picture though.

This is again the inside of the bath, naturally heated spring water. The Romans thought it would heal you. On the right side of the photo you can see a strange reenactment guy.

This is Alan, relaxing next to the Bath. Yay!

This is the Royal Crescent. Originally built as houses, it, as are many things in Bath, is in the Roman style. It is now offices dedicated to the conservation of the city, but if they were sold as houses would cost more that £2.5 million. They are 5 stories high and most houses like them in the city have been converted to apartments. If you look off to the left you can see a slight wall. They erected it so that you couldn't drive up to the buildings, and is today still known as the "Haha" (as in Haha, you can't get there!).

This is the rather impressive bridge across the River Avon. The water is brown due to the recent storms, and the current is also much stronger than typical. In the summer, they take canoes on it. The waterfall that you see is illusive, because it looks tiny but is really a 20 ft drop. The funny part is, in a part of the picture you can't see, there are steps up the waterfall in the river for the swans to walk from one level to the next!

This was a gorgeous park that we really wanted to go into. Unfortunately, it was "closed due to adverse weather." It was, however, an absolutely beautiful day. It was sunny and bright, though chilly.

This was a really great restaurant that we ate lunch at. It was called The Walrus and The Carpenter (from Alice in Wonderland). The food was amazing!! I had bangers and mash and Alan had Curry Chicken and it was just wonderful. The people were great too! They were some of the first British people we met that will actually just talk to you!

This is a really old arch way and the original medieval street from the town. I was absolutely in love with this place. Oh, yes, and we were lost and Alan was reading the map to get us to the restaurant for lunch.

These were some sheep that were really cute. I liked them a lot, but not as much as Alan. They were just chilling in the fields around Stonehenge, right next to the highway!

This is Alan and I in front of Stonehenge. You'll have to excuse the picture as it was really really cold and really really windy. We were freezing. But it is a good photo and it was sunny and blue skies, and hey, its Stonehenge!!

This, again, is Stonehenge. It was cooler than I imagined. I loved it. I really really wish it had been warmer though. We had audio tour things to listen to, but it was so cold that we couldn't hold them up to our ears. So, I want to go back and see it again in the spring or fall or something.