Day8 Stonehenge and Bath

So I won't say too much this blog, I'll just post the photos.  They speak for themselves.  I will say this. I was planning on loving Stonehenge more than Bath.  Completely the opposite.  Bath was like walking through a city in Italia.  La Dolce Vita!

Trevor and Joe

Stephanie and I

felt like I was in  a Jane Austen novel

healing stone

the drive to Bath

Beautiful scenery

The Bath Abbey

Humbling to walk through something soooo old!

Look hard and you can see the boiling water and steam

No good way to take this pic.  the steam distorted it every time

A Bath for the Gods!  Now filled with money!

Street performers in Bath

Friends

Friends and I

Tina and Vitina
(Yes I'm going by Vitina here ;)

this is their public toilet.  Notice the sign on the bottom right. (20 min maximum) I thought this was hilarious!!

Day 6*7

So my days are beginning to run together, so my timeline may be a little off.

On Thursday morning we had class, which was a visit to the BBC World Service. Which is their public radio (NPR).  We sat with a few members of their social media department and learned a lot.  They gave us a presentation and tips on how to get our careers started.  It was extremely educational and made a big impression.  Very wowed by this visit. Our professor had connections with someone their and that is how we got to go.

BBC

After our visit, my neighbor Stephanie and I went to eat with a group of people to a local Irish pub, and had a really tasty chicken sandwich.  After we stayed there for a bit and then met more of our fellow classmates at a pub around the corner from our dorm.

Crazy Italian Marco wearing my hat!

This door guy is probably just sick of all of us Americans.  He's mans the door at The Rocket, where we end up almost every night!

Crazy American we met.  He's living here for work.

The Italians.  Febo & Antonio

Day 7

Friday was another free day, so of course I slept in.  As you can see I had an excellent time the night before and I needed a rest.  I went with my neighbor, her traveling partner and one other student, Tina to Piccadilly Circus.  We walked around did some souvenir shopping AND THEN went to the M&M store.  The fourth one in the world and the largest.  4 Levels!!!  enjoy the pics.... We had fun taking them!

eeny meeny miny mo..... Which color to choose!?!

Out for a drive!

OMG Look at all these M&Ms.  Smells soooo good!

After M&M world, we went for dinner at TGIFridays and had the best mozzarella sticks I've eaten in my life! Then back to the pub where we danced and had drank pints.  Getting to know some more of my classmates and really enjoying some of the people on this trip!

Day4&5

Oh what a week so far.  Tues my class met for the first time. We went to the British Museum (2nd largest museum in the world).  I saw the Rosetta Stone...

 I also saw the Egyptian Mummies..

After the museum i spent the bulk of the evening walking around looking for a Mexican restaurant to have margaritas and chips and salsa!  No luck, every one we found was closed.  No bueno!!  Anyone know what I want when I get back???

Yesterday (Wednesday), was a free day for me.  So guess what I did...?  Sleep in!  Ahhhh This is a vacation after all!  then i took a long hot bath to soothe my aching muscles followed by a coffee and pastry at an Italian Cafe down the street.  

After the cafe we (the shadow and I) went to The British Library and The St. Pancras Hotel.  The finds inside the Library were amazing.  Pay close attention to the next few pics and captions!!

Chaucer

Oscar Wilde

Original Yesterday Lyrics written by Sir Paul McCartney!

Help!

Ticket to Ride

Beatles!!

Magna Carta

DaVinci Notes on Architecture! 

Jane Austen's Writing Desk and glasses

Jane Austen 

Grand Staircase inside the St. Pancras Hotel
Check out that ladies Hat!!

After which I ditched my shadow....finally and went out by myself.  i took a journey on the tube up to Camden town.  i was in search of Camden Market, but ended up finding Sylvia Plath's house instead.  this was no easy feat seeing as her home wasn't even on my map.  But I managed to use my internal gps and compass and found it.

After my trek to her home, my body needed a break so I went to the first place I spotted when arriving in Camden.... The Blues Kitchen! Definitely my sort of place.  This made my night, day week.  stayed a bit by myself and eventually was met up by a handful of students.  We had a fantastic time, and will definitely be back there!!

When I arrived I had met 3 traveling Brazilians.  Well one was local the other two were not, but they were extremely entertaining!

You HAVE to love the mustache!!

The boys (shadow and Kevin) and Me!

The Johnny Cash impersonator on the Tube.... Eek!