The buzzing sound of my phone alarm woke me from a deep sleep. I groggily got up to cross my room and turn it off. I got back under my warm covers and lied my head down on my perfectly positioned pillow to sleep till my second alarm would go off. The second alarm did it this time. I woke up instantly without lingering in my bed and routinely opened my door to grab my towel and take a shower. Once showered and semi-ready, I went to the kitchen to make a big breakfast. I ate three eggs on toast, an apple, and a glass of milk. I went back to my room to finish packing and organize my room somewhat before departure. It was fifteen past eight when I made my way down stairs to wait for the coach. Once on the coach, I turned my iPod onto my ‘Wicked’ soundtrack, positioned my pillow to rest against the window and then I put my ‘sea bands’ on and fell asleep. I woke up when we were just outside of Bath. Once at the hostel, we found out that only one room booked was clean and ready, therefore we had to unload all our luggage in room 7. The entire group then got back on the coach to have it take us down the hill to City Centre. A group of us girls and one boy, Von, found a “Pizza Hut,” to have lunch before we started wondering the city. After a very delicious lunch, we found the Roman Baths. We spent about one hour touring the Roman Baths. It was very beautiful and rather fascinating to learn about all its history. Funny story, a group of us were posing for a picture like we were going to jump in the Roman Baths…turns out I almost fell in for real! There is a picture of me falling and my friend catching me! Oops! After the tour, you could try the water from the famous fountain in the pump room. Let me tell you, it was disgusting. It tasted like I was drinking iron. Sick. After the baths, we just walked around the city seeing the Bath Abbey and the Pulteney Bridge. The night most of us just stayed in the hostel and made dinner there instead of going out. I enjoyed a yummy dish of Spiderman Mac n’ Cheese (Thanks MOM!).
The next morning we woke bright and early to make our way to Stonehenge. Stonehenge is Europe’s most famous prehistoric monument. It was very cool to see and a lot bigger in person that I thought! But since it’s a bunch of rocks, we only spent about 30 minutes there. Next we drove to Avebury. Avebury is known for its stone circles…so in other words, we had a day of taking pictures of big rocks. That night we hung out at the hostel for a bit and then the majority of the SIE group walked down a little path to get down to Bath. We went to a posh pub called “Weathering Spoons” or something like that for a Valentine’s pint. The next morning we took off for Glastonbury. Glastonbury was an interesting town…witchcraft and incents were in every window! It’s mainly known for its Tor, people in the town say it’s ‘no ordinary hill: people develop personal, profound relationships with it.’ I didn’t actually develop a relationship with it besides the fact that I’ll never walk up it again. Apparently, Glastonbury Tor is home to Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the Fairies. Yeah…about that.I went there. After walking the Tor, we got some lunch at this organic food restaurant and enjoyed some yummy Guinness Cake! Finally, we left around 2:30ish and headed back home to Brum. It was a good trip but it's always nice to get home. Although we got back around 5...I decided instead of doing homework I'll watch a few hours of "planet earth"...oops.
This Saturday I’m taking a day trip with some of my SIE friends to Stratford-upon-Avon. I’ll let you know how that goes!
Kirsten
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