Stonehenge

On Saturday, I went to the IFSA-Butler sponsored trip to Stonehenge with Laura. This was right after the night out for Jess's bday, so that was a fun morning... I woke up to Laura pulling on my sheets at 8:50 AM and telling me to wake up and that we had to make it to the Butler house at 9:30 AM and SOMEHOW we made it :)

Me and Laura were the only 2 people from Praed to go, everyone else was either too hungover (lol) or hanging out with their families.

A bunch of people told us Stonehenge was boring which is why they didn't want to go, but I've felt a personal connection with Stonehenge after I made a model replica for my 5th grade class (and got an A:) It was also a beautifulllll day out, which is rare for England, and so being out in the country was breathtaking.

We stayed around Stonehenge for 2 hours and then went to the town of Salisbury where England's highest church spire is located and Laura took control of the cam so there are some pretty cool non-plebe pics

 Idk, I thought the country was pretty. I clearly don't see enough of it in my life haha

 SHEEP

 approaching

 The worst part of Stonehenge b/c stones are missing/fallen

 On the tall skinny stone you can see the nub on top where the horizontal stone would have fit!

 The lone stone in the middle is the middle stone of the inner U shape

 admiring from afar :)

 walking to the best preserved part where the outer circle is still intact 

 The whole of Stonehenge is roped off so this was the closest we could get to its good side :(

 the weather was AMAZING and now here are a few artsy pics Laura told me to stage

I def have way too many pics of this up but... I think they're really cool and I just can't get over how lucky we were to go on such a pretty day

Then, we played around on top of "barrows" aka the English version of a pyramid aka there's dead people under there...

Salisbury- adorable town, we only spent about an hour in it with a guided tour and then a mad dash for linner before we had to make it back on to the bus

 s/o to Laura for the pics. This spire is 404 feet tall and the tallest in England! The whole church also only took 38 years to build. In the year 1200 something. At that rate New Kissam should've been done in like 6 months

 the walkway around the center garden

 what a beautiful, well placed tree

 Inside the church itself

 so cool!

 war flags

holy water