London 6.10.09

This morning we got up very early... 7:00AM, we had a Tour at 7:45. We met in the lobby with the Grayline Golden Tours for a day heading to Stonehenge and Salisbury and Bath...

A 2 hour drive and then

Ist stop, Stonehenge... Huge Rocks in a circular formation... Nobody knows how or why really! Mom took lots of pictures. Mom also told me 1000 times that when she was little she actually sat on the rocks, today, we can only stand behind the ropes and admire this phenomenon! And that's all I have to say about that!

2nd stop... Salisbury! But before we went to see the Cathedral we had Lunch at The Cloisters, We had to let share our table with some other people and my mom waved over another mom with her daughter and her daughter's friend. They happened to be from Tennesee and they were fun company to have to eat with! Hello to Emily & Kelley! We were served chicken casserole and this is not what you would think... it was more of a chicken stew and then for dessert we had a piece of apple pie and cream. I left hungry! Okay now, the Salisbury Cathedral, lots of history and very cool to see. We saw Catherine The Greats tomb! Most of the Cathedral was under construction so we couldn't get a full view from the outside. We did get to see one of the four remaining Magna Carta, a document that was written in Latin on a leather page with a feather pen for the English Barons trying to work out issues with the King. King John signed the document, this document became the basis for other Constitutions. A quick funny, on the way out, mom wanted a shot of the spire (steeple) which is 404 ft tall and 29" off center... and in order to do so, she walked into a field in front of the cathedral and squatted down and then fell down she cracked up laughing and so did I! I don't know who else saw but it was funny!

3rd stop... Bath! We went to see the Roman Baths They were very cool and very old! I can't image all of the people coming here to Bathe! Yuck! They also used the baths as a "healing" pool too. They closed the pools to the public when a girl contracted meningitis. I was most amazed by the Hot Spring it was really boiling... The water was 120 degrees this was cool!
When we were leaving, mom dropped her small camera in the Roman Bathroom's toilet. She was not happy!!!! We joined our new friends out in front of the Baths and while we waited on the bus to come it poured down rain!!! My mom let Kelley, Emily and her mom use our bigger umbrella and 6 people ended up standing underneath it and all tried to walk across the street it was so funny!

A 3 hour drive back and whew, what a long day! London Tubes went on strike today and they have shut down all underground railroads except 2 I think... this is not good as it is the major transportation for the city! Traffic was not fun to deal with on the way home and took us about 45 mins longer than it should have.

When we got dropped off, we found a close McDonald's we are experiencing the London cuisine to it's finest and headed to the hotel and here I am blogging and now it's 00.21 or 12:20 which is 7:20 Charlotte Time. So I am going to Facebook now and add some photos and then to bed! Tomorrow Critsey comes and my mom is so excited!