Sunday, September 26, 2010

Stonehenge Rocks!

I know, I know, I haven't written in a while... but I have so many stories! I did a lot of exploring this weekend. We got up at 5 in the morning on Friday and got on the bus to Avebury, Glastonbury, Wells and Bath. In Wells, we walked up an ENORMOUS hill (really a mountain, I'd say) up to the Tor, which is a tower-like structure from the time of Henry VIII. It was incredibly windy up there! We took loads of pictures pretending to be flying and whatnot; Lauren and I did a broadcast from the top, Adam was our on site reporter- it was great.

After Wells we took off for Bath, where we explored a little and then went to bed. In the morning, we took a tour of the Roman Baths, which are situated on the only natural hot springs in the entire UK. The water is not treated at all, so technically tourists aren't supposed to touch it? But I was too curious so I touched it anyways... it was so hot! There was steam coming off the water and the entire system of pipes and whatnot was very interesting. We got these phone-like things (looked like mobile phones from the 80's) that talked to us as we walked around, which was pretty interesting. I have so many new fun facts!

After Bath, we headed over towards Stonehenge. Honestly, I was definitely expecting it to be HUGE. I mean, they were big but I think my expectations were bigger. The whole thing was so breathtaking, however. It is mind blowing to think about how it was possibly made. We learned that it could very possibly be a ritual site or astrological site, but there is still speculation.

Back to work for the week, possibly starting writing a story! I got another credit the other day on a story from Berlin about Bentley! It was pretty exciting.

Ireland in four days!

Cheers!

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