Windsor, Bath and Stonehenge

Yesterday the gals - Allie, Kathryn, Erin and I - went on a whirlwind daytrip to tour Windsor Castle, the Roman baths at Bath and Stonehenge. We had three tag-alongs on our trip - our friends Cody, Austin and Ryan came with us.

Being girls, we were very prepared and arrived at our coach 15 minutes before we were supposed to board. Minor problem: the guys were nowhere in sight. We waited... and waited... and waited for them to come. Finally Austin showed up and then said, "We lost Cody! We don't know where he is!"

Boys will be boys, right?

Thankfully we all got on the same coach - just in time!

First stop: Windsor Castle

We only had two hours at this place, but it was enough time to see all the grandeur inside. We got to go through the State Rooms, which still hold momentous events such as a fancy dinner for a Royal birthday or a state visit from abroad.

We also went into St. George's Chapel - this is where Henry VIII and his wife (one of them anyways) Jane Seymour are buried.

After taking in the castle history, we were back on the coach.

Next stop: Bath

This fashionable town is often described in Jane Austen novels and deservedly so. The views were absolutely stunning. The Romans built Bath on hills so that there were great views of the town itself and the English countryside all around.

Bath has the only natural hot spring in England - and the Romans used this to make their baths here. We quick whizzed through the museum and made our way to sit by the water. The architecture was fabulous - the more columns the better, right??

We got hot sitting next to the water with the sun beaming in our eyes, so we decided to go try our very own glass of warm spring mineral water. It didn't taste good - a lot of sulfur and iron, but when in Bath...

We walked along the streets of Bath and stopped in a fudge kitchen (free samples!), then back to the coach we went.

Last stop: Stonehenge

Everyone had warned us that this place is not exciting. This makes sense since it it's just a bunch of stones in the countryside. But if you know the history about it, Stonehenge is quite a fascinating mystery.

No one knows for sure why ancient people brought stones all the way from distanced areas in Wales to shape them, look after them and continually rearrange them.

I was intrigued just by its old age. It was an ancient structure even when the Romans came to the area. Not that the Romans paid any attention to it - they were probably too busy bathing.

I was the only one of the group who listened to the audio tour at Stonehenge, and I tried to pick up on what I could... but we were all having so much fun trying to take ridiculous pictures with the large structure as our backdrop. We jumped and posed and laughed while the fierce wind was making our hair continually slap our faces.

Out of all the tourists at Stonehenge, I think we had the most fun.

After our 45 minute Stonehenge visit, it was back to the coach one last time for our return home.

Windsor? Check.
Bath? Check.
Stonehenge? Check.

NEEXXXTTTT!