Recently...

Lets see...I left off with Paris. Since then I have been to several different places.

The first of which was Stonehenge. Before even arriving, sense we went with the entire program, we were told to simply remember how old the structures were. By remembering such things we would understand why they were so small and not as gradiose as we always imagined. Upon arrival, in the snow mind you, I was amazed. The landscape was hilly and covered in just an inch or so of white, making the entire place magical in my eyes. The structures were lightly covered in moss,detailed with the lace of the ice and stood high above our heads. There was no need for the introduction that we would be disappointed.

However, due to the fact that it is a "magical"place, our spirits were lifted and we had to take silly pictures in efforts to withstand the cold.

After about an hour of silliness surrounded by beauty we were back on the bus to Bath. If you don't know, back in the time of Jane Austen and her glorious publications the people of London went to Bath for their holidays and rendezvous with their lovers. It was all quite scandalous. However, now it is a beautiful little town that is surrounded by country side and filled with everything possible to do. From shopping to museums to light night clubs. Some of the girls let the history of Bath come alive when it came to having a splendid holiday. Lets just say that someone gave away their first kiss. Not at all reluctantly, I might add.
While in Bath I had the opportunity to see my first rugby match. The sun was shining and it was warm enough to walk around without my jacket on. Then we sat down. Though sitting in the sun, all our toes were freezing off simply because our legs werent getting a peak of sunlight. However, despite getting frost bite (just kidding) the game was so much more interesting then American football. These guys were so incredibly rough. I highly recommend that you watch some rugby yourself.
Oh! I must help you visualize the ghost tour we went on. Imagine a group of college kids, all bundled up in a small town they don't know standing around listening to a lady tell us ghost stories. Got it? Now imagine that she walked around this little town for a good hour and a half, in the freezing cold, telling these ghost stories that haven't happened since the 1980's, NOW! Imagine this same group of kids standing around in a field with their hands up in the air trying to "feel"something. Besides feeling our hands turning blue we felt absolutely nothing and was trying not to start laughing because our guide was WAY to into her job. All in all, no one saw anything and I am absolutely positive that she blamed us for it.

After Bath we made our way to Lacock, which is pronounced lay-cock. This, of course, gave many of the members of our program a laugh. This town has been preserved as it was in the 18th century and is absolutely beautiful. The feel of the place is just filled with charm and history. The gorgeous little town completely filled my heart with the joy of the country and how much I miss it. To smell the air without a bit of exhaust was delightful. The flowers are just beginning to push through the damp dirt and beginning to spread their petals to the sky. There has been many movies filmed here simply because of its upkeep with the history.

After we returned to London and the weekend was over I have just been living the life of a londoner.  Going to school, shopping every now and then on Oxford street, going to the theatre and going to the pubs. You know, the average life of any girl from Texas at my age. Oh? Is that right? This isn't normal? Of course its not! My god! Look at me go, I actually feel as if I live in London. I have no idea what I am going to do when I get back and there is no tube to catch to quickly get wherever I want to go. No store to walk to that is just down the street. No weekend holidays to foreign countries. Whatever will I do? I suppose I will just have to wait and find out. Two months and two weeks in counting until I return.

Tata for now,
Hope