Here are the highlights:
Day 12:
Dover Castle
Dover is beautiful. Cool cliffs, cool buildings, and one awesome Castle.
Leads Caslte
Really awesome, and so understated in the travel guide. We were not anticipating such a cool place. I will write about the maze and how two young british kids helped us cheat our way through. Fun to meet cute young kids with awesome accents, with no values around cheating...
The Castle
Seriously - What the?? Albino Peacock? Remember the peacocks from hell in West Jordan and the one that jumped on my car?...erg!
The Maze from Hell. Honestly we were really close, but these two little kids were on the top of the maze and they just told us to cheat. They were cute 'we cheated....just go around...go down....go through the scary tunnel.....go past the scary face...up the stairs and you will find us'. I love kids!!
Day 13:
Hastings and the Great Battle of 1066
We find it interesting that such a historical significant battle as the Battle of Hastings has not been made into a motion picture. Maybe because it would be rather boring, but it is such a significant part of British history. The only thing that would have made this better would have been seeing the reinactment which only occurs once a year.
not sure where all the photos of this are? Did I confuse this with something else? probably.........oh well....it was a hill...there was a battle....that's it.
Brighton: The Pavilion and the Pier
The Pavilion is really awesome, however, it is odd to be in Brighton - a semi-sad looking beach town, which probably is fun over the summer, but reminds me of the not so good beaches and lame piers in California that just do not match up to Santa Monica or San Diego.
Day 14:
Stonehenge
We had the special Stone Circle access. We went at 630am and got to touch the stones and walk around for an hour with very few people there. It was really unbelivable. Yes, it is a pile of rocks, but it was a lot of fun. Also, there was a he-she there doing some sort of ceremony. Depending on who you ask, this person was thought to be many genders (maybe a woman - which I thought but she had smoked for 40 years straight, or a man, or a man becoming a woman, really we were uncertain). The reason for our fascination was really the fact that we were told we could NOT smoke, and here this person was doing a special ritual ceremony, basically smoking. Not putting down anything here, but it was rather odd, and he or she or whatever, was odd. Ok well, I have a LOT and I mean a LOT of photos of Stonehenge. Some awesome, some ok. I will put up the OKs for now until I decide which of the awesomes to show to the viewing public.
A Stone just my size!!
First - The he/she. Not a good shot at all. But.....I just thought it was a great shot with the No Admittance sign and this person. (even though I was there as well)!
Bath
The Roman Baths. This was actually a really cool site. It amazes me what still exists. I guess coming from America where our history is rather limited, I am rather shocked at how much has been maintained throughout Europe over the centuries. NOTE: The water they allow you to taste is absolutely nasty. They say if you drink 5L a day you can be cured of any illness. I'd die from drinking 5L of that. Seriously. I could barely handle two sips.
Blenheim Palace
Birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. I went a bit overboard on the merchandise. My little nephew is named Winston Churchill (no I kid you not)!! Blenheim Palace is on something like 2100 Acres, which is insane. I am still amazed at all of the open space in Europe. It is kind of nice to still see small towns and undeveloped areas.
Day 15:
Stratford-on-Avon
Birthplace of the great William Shakespere. A rather quant little town, however, nothing all that exciting either. I rather enjoyed it, but would not be a place I'd highly recommend unless going on a historical site trip. I am a huge Shakespere fan, so it was fascinating, but again, nothing like to set it apart from all of the other places we have visited so far on this journey.
The home......people have been coming there since 50 years after his death. Just that fact, is rather impressive!
My travels are done! I survived and actually have a ton more energy than when I started and feel fantastic!
3 comments:
Ally...just one ammendment to this part of the blog. Churchill's place of birth was on 2100 acres of land which makes it that much more impressive. Don't worry, I'll continue to correct you as I read throught the rest of the blog. Who am I kidding, I'm sure there are no more errors. Isn't it cool that we got to see all those places?
Your fellow traveler,
Val
By the way, feel free to correct my spelling as I see I suck at that skill.
Val
dang, 2100 is MUCH more impressive. I just read that Will Smith lives on 100 acres in California, and I was like, dang 21 acres isn't much, I must have made a mistake.......
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