Big Ben! Parliment!

Thursday and Friday we played high speed tourists!  We ate, saw the sights, ate, did a tour or two, and ate some more.  Between the Albanians always trying to feed me, friends visiting, and seeing new cities....I am starting to look like a chubby bunny.  I've been here almost 3 months but still have so much to see in London and the surrounding areas.  It was nice to have an excuse to play tourist.  Of course we did Big Ben, Parliment, Westminster Abbey, Covent Garden, Leceister Square to see Chicago and a late night at the Science Museum.  On Friday we decided to do an all day tour to Stonehenge, Bath, and Salisbury Cathedral. 

The day was set to be shitty, it poured and we were tired.  We weren't exactly the most upbeat tourists on the bus at Salisbury but we tried to make the best of it.  Within a couple of hours we were driving through the english countryside on our way to Stonehenge, a place I have always wanted to see.  A few minutes outside of our destination, the rain stopped and the sun struggled to peak through the clouds, talk about perfect timing!  Stonehenge is literally in the middle of no where, most likely half of its appeal.  It's impossible to imagine how or why its there, we heard the myths and theories but I still couldn't figure it all out.  Nothing makes me crazier than not knowing why something is there or how it got there.  It is definately a mysterious place and slightly erie but I couldn't stop snapping photos, I must have 50 from every angle.

Next stop:  Bath!  The rain managed to hold off during our hour treck to Bath, the morning showers produced a rainbow that seemed to last forever.  I swear we drove under a rainbow the whole time, at one point their were two parallel to each other.  Bath is the beautiful home of the historic Roman Baths, a former retreat for royalty and their courts.  The baths are said to have healing powers, an idea I can't really wrap my head around but then again I wouldn't mind diving into the hot spring either.  There wasn't enough time in Bath, it is high on my list to return to, the city has a lot more to offer than the Roman Baths and I'm determined to see it all.  We took advantage of the 3 hour bus ride back to London and rested up for another night out with the Albanian crew.