Megan had a half term break last week, so we decided to take advantage of it and go travelling! We mapped out a gameplan, and though we didn't get everywhere, I was super satisfied with what we did see and we had an absolute blast.
The first place we went was Lacock Abbey. Several scenes of Harry Potter were filmed here, so being the true fangirl I am, was extremely jazzed to be there. It was just a beautiful place anyways, so the Harry Potter thing was just a bonus. It was twilight when we got there, so alot of my pictures have very interesting color. I think they are, not to brag, amazingly cool. But I can't take much credit for them because it was my camera. I just pushed a button.
The next day we went to Avebury, which is kind of like Stonehenge, only not as famous. It was really cool, and there were lots of sheep, which was quite entertaining since we had to watch where we stepped very carefully.
After that we went to STONEHENGE! Definitely a dream come true. Its so funny because I always pictured Stonehenge to be like hidden away on the top of some hill or something. But no, it's basically just there, right in the middle of two busy motorways. Made me laugh. But that didn't detract from it's awesomeness. It really was beautiful. We had wayyyy too much fun taking pictures with various poses. But so worth it. Lots of memories to treasure.
Then we headed out to Bath. I was astounded when we drove into Bath. The architecture and everything is just exquisite. We went straight to the Roman Baths. It was like stepping into another world. I so could have done the whole bath lounger thing, just me and my toga all day. Would have loved it ;) After that we walked around outside a little but more. Outside the Roman Baths there was this giant map of the world, so we went and played on it. I thought I'd be cute and do pics of home and here :)
After that we ate at a chippy, then headed back home. Since it gets dark really early our days got cut short pretty fast. But it was still cool. One thing about England though that is slightly annoying. Everything closes super early. It's like being back in Rexburg....shudder.
Anyways, the next day we had all sorts of plans to go to Wales or Warwick castle, but we decided to hit up Cheddar first. I just wanted to get a block of cheese and go, but it turned out to be a much cooler place than any of us anticipated. There were all kinds of caves and stuff, and lots of cute shops and museums and activities. We walked through a couple of caves and had a good lunch at a local place. I did get my awesome cave aged cheddar, which is a very feisty cheese. Really delicious though. On the way back home we passed near Shepton Mallet, which is where some of my ancestors are from. (Now to be honest, I'm not a cool genealogy fiend, Karan knew that)
We arrived home around ten and got all settled back in. So all in all, it was a great trip. I really had an excellent time. This week Mike's been in Germany, so it was a quintessential girls week :) I went to Institute, and was going to go to a dance in London, but alas, it twas not meant to be. Especially since I'm going into London on Tuesday. There is, wait for it....A New Moon fan event that night. Now to get into the actual event you have to win tickets in a random drawing, so I'm cashing in all my brownie points with the Big Guy and hoping for the best. (There goes my hot husband....oh well, it'd be worth it) But it was just annouced they are doing a red carpet, so even if you don't get tickets you can still see the stars, which I plan on doing. So I'm only completely and utterly ecstatic about that.
But other than that, not alot going on. I'm giving a talk on Sunday, which I should really start working on. I've also been trying to get back into school mode (grudgingly) and have been trying to sort out classes, housing, financial aid, ect.
Oh joy :) Well anyways, I'm still loving every minute of being here and am looking forward to more great "babentures"
