Before Stonehenge there was Woodhenge and Strawhenge but a Big Bad Wolf came and blew them down.

  Amanda Davis - London Direct Enrollment, Spring 2010
  Posted on February 8th, 2010
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Today was a marvelous day at Stonehenge in the Salisbury Plains. Stonehenge was pretty amazing. Although you can't really get that close to the stones I was still able to get some pretty good shots of them. I did have a good laugh while I was there and if you check out this link you will know why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiFq_nk8pE0&feature=PlayList&p=241256B15C429F97&index=0&playnext=1. Ah henges and Eddie Izzard make the world go round. I got some odd looks from some of the other tourists there as I laughed to myself while taking pictures. One thing that really is astonishing though is the size. It is unbelievable how large these stones really are and although there doesn't seem to be much logic in dragging the rocks all that way it is quite amazing to look at. After looking around there and eating my inaugural sausage roll, if you have never had one you are really missing out and it is exactly like it sounds, we piled back on the bus to travel over to the town of Salisbury. Once in Salisbury we traveled our way from the bus park to the Salisbury Cathedral. We walked along the bank of a river filled with ducks and swans. Newsflash: All swans in the United Kingdom belong to the Queen, including Bert (the one I named at Kensington Gardens), or so says the tour guide. The Cathedral was absolutely amazing and getting to it is quite easy because the spire is the highest one in Europe over 404 feet tall. Apparently during WWII the Germans used it as a landmark point so they would know what areas they needed to go bomb, depressing but true, if you miss the thing then you have to be as blind as Stevie Wonder, it is impossible to miss. The cathedral was consecrated in 1258 and is done all in Medieval Gothic style. St Georges and the Dragon are on the front of the church, if you don't know the story look it up because you are missing out, along with many other saints and religious figureheads of the Church of England. One fun fact about the church is it is the home to one of the surviving copies of the Magna Carta. I saw it with my own two eyes, though I couldn't read a word of it and it was allegedly the translated copy... ahem, translated into gibberjabber. Also during my time in this area I wandered into "Poundland"! Amazing. It really puts our dollar store to shame, and despite the urge to purchase a pillow, a blanket, a heart shaped frying pan, a valentines day card, hair product and postcards I left empty handed due to the longest line in history. Apparently I am not the only person who finds "Poundland"! to be quite amazing. Well, it is about that time (aka 500 words), and I do have some homework that I should probably be doing sometime soon in case it is nice out the next two days in a row. Cheers. http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx250/amanda_bea_davis/City%20Walk/ http://s760.photobucket.com/albums/xx250/amanda_bea_davis/Stonehenge%20and%20Salisbury/

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