I'm still not a wizard... But a few pitchers of cider help me feel magical!

Well London was a great time! The last day especially was amazing, spectacular, and mystical! we took a tour of Windsor Castle, the city of Bath, and Stonehenge! 


It was awesome seeing where the heads of the monarchy spend their time and greet their guests!

Windsor Castle! I wish I had pictures of the inside!

I would not be disappointed to be greeted in some of the halls and chambers in Windsor. Unfortunately, you can't take pictures inside Windsor since the Queen is actively living there so you'll have to take my word for it when I say that it's absolutely breathtaking. So many gilded statues and suits of armor and chandeliers. The abbey they have there too is really cool. We've been going to a lot of churches over here and it's interesting to see the similarities and differences between all of them.




After Windsor we went to the city of Bath. The remains of a Roman bath are here (hence the name of the town). They have a great museum here showing the remains of the bath and you can walk along the same path as ancient Romans.

Bath abbey with one of the most impressive stained glass windows we've seen so far!

It's a completely different feel to the history we've been seeing. Sure castles are old and impressive, but seeing this established Roman site so far from Italy, long before the time of English kings is amazing. But even more impressive than that is the fact that we went to Stonehenge next, 5,000 years in the past to a time basically forgotten.

The front of the abbey.

 

The Roman Bath!

Stonehenge is something to see and it's almost more about the area then the actual stones. The fact that ancient man moved these stones 250 miles to this spot and had the power and planning to hoist these huge rocks up is mind boggling! It started to storm while we were there and it completed the atmosphere of the area. The clouds and the rain really made the atmosphere of the whole area.

Stonehenge... Spooky!

All in all, it was a great tour with an awesome tour guide and three amazing stops!






 After our tour we went to a local bar that had many different ciders on tap and enjoyed our fair share of them! It was really cool because they had a hand pump tap system, it made it feel more authentic and old timey! Plus it didn't hurt that the cider was delicious and fairly strong!!!




On to Paris where we'll spend the next week taking in the amazing sights, tastes and smells of this amazing city!