Stonehenge, 2007

My very good friend came to visit me shortly after I had moved to the UK, which was in November. We decided to go and see Stonehenge which is a 3 hour drive from where we live (well, 3 hours when you end up driving around Windsor Castle 3 times.) We got within 30 minutes of our destination and it starts to rain. I thought that maybe it wouldn’t rain once we got there. It didn’t matter. We had driven 3 hours and we were going to see Stonehenge. There was no turning back.

It was our good fortune that we had brought our umbrellas. Once we paid admission we walked under the underpass and made it to the walk around Stonehenge. The Stones are as large as I had expected, but the circle was much, much smaller. Remember it was raining, windy, and cold. I’ve been told that it is a windy location and even chilly in July. The rain felt like ice as it hit my face. My friend’s umbrella was mangled from the wind, but she managed to put it back together.

All in all, if the weather were nicer, there wouldn’t be much of a story. In the future, we hope not to visit Stonehenge under these conditions.

Lavenham, England

I had heard about the ‘crooked town’ and finally made the time to go and see it with my own eyes. The town is a medieval town that most of the houses are build of timber, and has made most of its wealth from the prosperous wool that they sold. I’m trying to visit as many interesting places in England because there is so much around that I haven’t explored yet. I was told about this town from a few different people and although I didn’t find it to be the most exciting place it was better than the couch that I usually visit.