Friday was pretty relaxing. I only had one seminar and then I just hung out and enjoyed having my paper written and not having to do work for the day. Saturday afternoon I spent in the library with Jen doing some work for Culture and the Everyday. That night a bunch of us went to the movies to see Valentine’s Day, which was wicked cute! I hadn’t even heard of the movie basically until that day but I really liked it! It was packed with some of my favorites like Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts and Jennifer Garner. Very cool. Once back on campus I skyped with Michelle and KT, my flatmates from last semester. They kept me quite amused and made me miss them a lot.
Sunday was the highlight of this past week. I woke up super, super early to go to Stonehenge and Bath for the day! The trip was planned through the international student’s office and we left campus at 7:30am. I don’t remember the last time I voluntarily woke up before 7am. Luckily we had a two and a half hour bus ride to get to Stonehenge so I took a nice nap. Stonehenge was honestly a bit anticlimactic. The rock formation was in the middle of these huge fields with nothing else in sight. Just as we were getting there the clouds broke a bit and some sun shone threw which was really quite beautiful. But the structure itself didn’t really speak to me as much as I had hoped. We weren’t allowed to go up to the rocks and there was a rope outlining a small trail going all the way around. I think if I’d been able to walk through the stones and touch them, it would have been a lot cooler than it actually was. I was hoping for a possible Outlander moment; traveling through time and landing in the 1700s. I guess now I'll never know.
We spent about an hour at Stonehenge and then boarded the bus for another hour-long drive to the city of Bath. When we got to Bath we started on a tour of the Roman Baths. As seems to be fashion here in England, everyone got little cell phone looking audio tour thingies to bring us around the museum. I learned that the baths were used by the Romans for all sorts of reasons such as bathing, healing and showing off status. There isn’t much left of some of the indoor baths but the outdoor ones were really cool. They’re naturally heated by hot springs and we could see the steam coming off of the water. The day started really rainy in Brighton but Bath had bright blue skies. There was also a huge church outside of the museum that was gorgeous. I think if I lived in Bath I would go to church every week just to spend time in that building regardless of the fact that I'm not Christian. After the museum we spent a few hours walking around the beautiful and quaint city of Bath. They had a lot of shopping and small cafes and all the streets were cobblestone. We then boarded the bus again and drove over three hours back to Brighton. Overall it was a super long day but very enjoyable.
Monday was pretty average, did some homework and went to a few lectures. Monday night Carey, Riley and I once again went to salsa class and learned a lot! It was pretty difficult but really fun. Gwen and I made cupcakes before salsa and enjoyed them thoroughly after class. Thanks Auntie Heidi! Today has also been pretty low-key. I had two lectures this morning and am currently doing laundry. Thankfully my friend Jen has a washer and dryer in her flat so I’m doing it there, FOR FREE! Wicked exciting!! Tonight my friends are coming over and we are planning our trip to Madrid!!! We’re leaving early Friday morning and getting back to Brighton on Monday afternoon. Ah! So pumped! That’s it for now; my next update will include many adventures from Spain!
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