Rocks and Rolling (Through the English Countryside We Go)

I had a really spectacular day visiting Avebury, Stonehenge, and Salisbury! We took the coach through the English countryside and got a true taste of the area — sheep, horses, and varieties of soil drenching the vast farmlands. Avebury was our first stop, where we viewed some ancient stones, perused the fields, and ate tea and crumpets (or at least I did!)



Me…with some important…old…rocks.



A quaint little town. Half of the population are boulders!



Dr. Allan Chapman is my professor from the U of Oxford. He was also our tour guide today, and consumed 4-6 cups of tea in an afternoon's time.

A short visit to Avebury (as there wasn't much to see) brought us back on the road to more renowned things, better known as the most famous rocks in the world:



Stonehenge. Self-explanatory. I truly was thrilled to be there, but for the sake of the photo, I figured I should play stoic. Rocks don't smile.



Your Windows ready-made desktop wallpaper. Go ahead. (Copyright 2009, jc)



Hi, Mom and Dad!

After taking 360 photos of Stonehenge (because no visit is complete without taking one from each degree you can walk around it — a.k.a. 360 of the same photos) we ventured up the trail to beautiful Salisbury. As it turns out, this place has a GIANT medieval cathedral. And it is absolutely breathtakingly old, and beautiful. Consecrated in 1258, this baby is now 751 years old. Good God!



Good grief. Photos don't do this place, or its size, any justice.











This is a self portrait I took in the courtyard of the cathedral. I was actually standing in the midst of a ton of graves, but the opportunity was too beautiful to pass up.

That concluded the day! Tomorrow brings on a bigger journey — London!

LONDON!

Excited.

Goodnight —
jc