Hello hello hello!!!
so I had a busy weekend. some of the Elective students and I rented a car, and drove to Stratford upon Avon, Bath, and Stonehenge. I know, crazy. and it was, especially me driving the car. We had two students that knew how to drive on the other side of the road, so I though I could do this as long as I had a trusty navigator. One of them stayed out all night and was completely dead for the drive, awesome. wish I had that good of a time... the other one was very critical of my driving, had a GPS that sometimes worked, and in general pointed out to me what was wrong after I had decided that myself. The only one that was really good to drive with was the European same side of the street and car driver as I am. If you have an opportunity to drive in England with a car full of foriegners not familiar with the area, I recommend the bus, or train.
Anyway that stressful time aside, Stratford Upon Avon was lovely!! We went to the Royal Shakespeare production of Arabian Nights. I bought the standing room seats just to say I did it. I was mesmerized they could have gone on all night and I would have stood the whole time. However a seat came open after intermission and I sat.
Bath was good to relax in. Beautiful city. I can see why it drew the Romans and the British aristicrats from 1700 on. I toured the Roman Baths, and the temple dedicated to S. Minerva. My Anthropology flag was raised and flying high!!!
We got to Stonehenge 30 minutes before it closed. I decided not to pay the entrance fee and just took pictures from the fence 15 m from the stonehenge, even if you paid you only got 3-4m away from it... lame!! Instead I spent several pounds buying some really cool overpriced stonehenge gear for souvenirs. i got a book for 5 pounds and thought that would be more memorable than the 6 pounds to get into the park. I liked it.
All said and done I am glad we did it all in one weekend because we only had that weekend but I am so tired!!!
Incidently I did make it over to the Eagle and the Child. it is a pub in Oxford that JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis used to hang out and talk about literature. If you dont know what they wrote please google it and really appreciate how excited I was to do this!!!!
Alright rolling into my last two weeks here. I am on waiting lists to go to Haiti might try to go in March. I am not leaving just yet. sorry if I gave everyone that impression.
peace and LOVE to you all
We wondered when you would be going...
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you made it to The Eagle and The Child! It is a great experience (although I know nothing about the food). We also did Bath and Stonehenge in a weekend. The fee into Stonehenge is a bit, but you have a recording to listen to which if you have the time is wonderful.
And don't even ask me about Stratford. I have been there three separate times. I believe that the theatre is being renovated at this time to be finished in the autumn. So glad you had a good time.
Now off to my driving lesson (and I am getting pretty good at this K).