Hello love,
So we slept in on tuesday & left Scotland for Bath England at around 11 am. We pretty much traveled on the train all day until 6p.m. When we got there all we wanted to do was eat, so we checked into our hostel as quickly as possible. When we went to our room we met 2 new roommates. The guy was Dan, a professional musician that lives in New Orleans. He was super talkative and hilarious! The girl was Zoe, a Canadian who has been traveling Europe for 3 months. She was totally helpful & gave us tons of tips for the road. After meeting them we grabbed a bite to eat at Solo, this posh Itlaian place that was surprisingly inexpensive & tasty! After eating we hung out in our hostel's lounge where we met up with Dan & Zoe. For the rest of the night we laughed & made jokes, exchanged stories, & pretty much just had a blast getting to know great people. We took the party up to our room because we were all in the same place & laughed about our other roommmates, a couple from California & 2 mystery girls that Dan thought would definitely be the loves of his life, judging by their suitcases (straighteners and twilight books strewn about). Turns out the girls weren't the love of his life & we laughed until we finally fell asleep. We all woke up at the same time & ate breakfast together.
The tour to stonehenge is 14 pounds for the bus ride and 6 pounds to enter the actual site. We decided that was overpriced and we wanted a cheaper way. So instead, this morning, we took a train to a Salisbury, which turned out to be a cute little city, then we hopped onto a bus to Aimesbury. At Aimesbury we decided to walk a little over 2 miles along a highway to Stonehenge. We saved about 20 pounds and we got to enjoy the beautiful country side of England while we walked.
(Ben here now): Stonehenge basically made me drool because it was awesome and reminded me of every nerdy book on Merlin that I've ever read! Basically Stonehenge rocks!(PUN INTENDED). As we approached the 12000 year old stone circle, surrounded by wooly sheep and smelly tourists, you could feel the magic in the air, and after the two mile walk Molly mentioned, we were happy to pay the 12 pounds to get in. As we walked around the circle we were provided with an audio guide that told us all about the history and the make up of the ancient site. Apparently, the 45 ton stones (the weight of 16 elephants) were either carted all the way from Wales to Aimesbury in southern England by prehistoric strong men, OR as I choose to believe, they were brought there as a commemoration of an ancient battle by Merlin himself! They line up with the sun, and on the summer solstice, create this magical shaft of light that would make a bald man's hairs stand on end. (see pics below)
After Stonehenge, we made our way back to Salisbury by bus. As we walked through the town Ben decided he was hungry for everything. So we got a luch special at Dominos and split a 7 inch pizza that only cost 2 pounds. He then decided he was still hungry and made me stop in Mr. Simms Olde Sweet Shoppe. We got a chocolate banana and a bunch of gummies that added up to be 1 pound. That candy shop was pretty much the most amazing place we have ever been! We had some time to kill before we headed back to Bath so we layed on the neatly cut grass in front of the Cathedral. All the locals go there to hang out and it was very entertaining. We relaxed & got some sun for about 30 minutes & took the train back to Bath. Once we were in BAth we got our bags and got back on the train to London. On the way to the station we had the chance to see Dan again & say our goodbyes & good-lucks.
We are in London now and our hostel is so AMAZING!!! It has free internet, free breakfast, all hard wood floors, double beds, cool people. We got a sandwich for dinner for only 2 pounds which is nice.
We are not sure who is reading this because the blog will not let us read comments or allow comments to be posted so if you have any words of encouragement or just that you're reading this thing & we are not writing it in vain give us a shout on facebook!
We LOVE you all so much,
Ben&Molly
Quote for the Day:
Don't be afraid to go on the odd wild goose chase, that's what wild geese are for! -- Bear Grylls.
