...and Bath

The day I went to Stonehenge I also went to Bath. Bath is a small town on the west coast of England near Bristol, famous for the Roman Baths (thus the name of the town). It was a very small town, nothing too exciting but still a cool little place. When I heard the history of the Roman Baths though, I could not help but imagine the Romans indulging themselves in the hot springs in hedonistic pleasure.

   column, ceasar and the moon

"mere mortals, i now let you go."

This musician girl seemed engrossed by her music and I love how everyone in our group stares at her as if hypnotized. The music she played was very serene but also mesmerizing.

violin player on a string

He loved playing with fire.

                                                   

Stonehenge

It's been a long time since I last posted. But two weeks ago I went to Stonehenge and Bath and took a bunch of pictures.

Stonehenge is definitely a sight to see, but nothing majestic like I conjured up in my mind when I first saw its pictures in a childrens' encylopedia fifteen years ago. The mysterious aura of the place gets lost once you see  that it's actually surrounded by highways, and is right now just an intersection in the middle of civilization (well not really, it's in a rural area but you can hear the buzzing of cars from the highways.)

But what's funny is that currently these ancient stones are watched (and protected figuratively maybe?) by flocks of sheep that just graze as they quietly gaze at the stones, which some archeologists believe are in the shape of women genitalia...

The interesting fact about Stonehenge: Scientists believe it took 20 million hours to build it. (wikipedia) Wow..

And you know, jumping pictures never get old...