Avebury and Stonehenge

Well, since I've been a slacker and haven't written in a while, I decided I shoud start again. Well, a lot had gone on since I went to Bath almost 2 weeks ago. I started my classes this last week and all I have to say is I'm glad I'm not taking classes at ISU! I only have 4 hours of class every week. I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with myself, well besides starting to travel. Which by the way I cannot wait to do. It gets tiresome sitting in my flat all the time or going out all the time, I need something different to do during the week. At least I'm finding time to travel on the weekends!

Last Saturday I went to Avebury and Stonehenge as a group tour once again. We first went o Avebury, which I had no idea what it was when I signed up for the trip. I'm still not quite sure of what it represents, but here is the description of it from Wikipedia. Avebury is the site of a large henge and several stone circles in the English county of Wiltshire surrounding the village of Avebury. It is one of the finest and largest Neolithic monuments in Europe dating to around 5,000 years ago. It is older than the megalithic stages of Stonehenge, which is located about 32 kilometres (20 mi) to the south, although the two monuments are broadly contemporary overall. It was a really cool place to visit though and I'm glad that I saw it.

After Avebury, we went to Stonehenge. Everyone knows what that is, well hopefully. Besides seeing pictures of it, I had no idea of what the site was going to be like. Our buses parked in the lot and then we were given a portable guide device like when I went to the Roman Baths. Again, I didn't use it, although I almost smacked myself in the face with it while taking a picture. Anyway, we had to go though an underground tunnel that went under the road. After seeing the site, it was a lot smaller than I though it was going to be. It also was kind of out of place with the road that surrounded it. I was thinking it was going to be in the middle of nowhere, which it kind of was, with no roads around it and just kind of there. But again, I was wrong. Don't get me wrong, I loved it there. I'm pretty sure I took about 25 pictures of just the site from different angles. I know, I'm a nerd. We also took group shots and jumping pictures. The jumping picture is when I almost smacked my self the with portable guide. Anyway, to sum it up, both of these sites were pretty cool and I'm really glad that I went to them.