in case some of you didnt know, london experienced a hurricane last week. not so much london as england, especially the west coast. well it was really bad luck because that was supposed to be our trip for the weekend. but instead they decided to split our trip into two, placing the other one right smack in the middle of the time that lindsey is here. i guess thats beside the point though... so for our trip last week they changed it to just friday and saturday. we woke up on friday and hopped on the bus. we crusied for a couple hours before stopping in bath. we didnt have a ton of time there but we got to see a lot of the really fun stuff, especially the roman baths! 
i wish i had one of those in our backyard. kendra and i tried to jump in, but we got stopped. 
we checked that out for a little bit before trying the magical mineral water (which was disgusting). 
we walked around the city a little bit before getting back on the bus to go to dartmoor. dartmoor is one of englands equivalents to a national park. it is this really high land that is covered in rocks and is almost completely treeless. we stopped and hiked around there for a little bit..jpg)
it was a gorgeous view and very wild, as in lots of room to run around and wild ponies hanging out in the parking lot. after playing there for a little bit we went to a little town called witticom-in-the-moor. im still not sure why. so we just hung out in a cemetery until it was time to go to exeter, which is where we spent in the night. 
our hostel was pretty nice, it looked kind of like a cabin (we felt like we were at girls camp, not that i would know because i hardly ever went to girls camp). but i taught everyone how to french braid, they seem to think its a talent. here is my masterpiece in kendras hair. 
the next morning we got back on the bus and went to stourhead. it is an amazing garden that was part of a manor house for a while. it is also where they filmed pride and prejudice. even though it was raining it was so pretty and i would love to go back in the summer some time. 
they had grottos and temples that were so amazing. we are also really excited to see our photographer, we had forgotten that we arranged for a family photo to be taken there. it turned out really well. 
we had a lot of fun there and grabbed lunch at a little market they had. we got some bread and honey and a brownie. it was delicious. we once again climbed back on the bus and headed to stonehenge. it is... some rocks. and it was... raining. 
but we made it fun. it is really interesting how no one knows how they got there, but it is definitely not a place where you would want to spend a lot of time. 
after that we headed to salisbury to see the salisbury cathedral. it is the largest spire in england, at 404 feet. it was really impressive. i didnt get any good pictures though so im not going to post any. they also had a copy of the magna carta there from 1215. then it was finally time to head back to the centre. we packed a lot in in just 2 days, but it ended up being a lot of fun! sheesh, that was a long blog and it took forever to do. nap time.
i wish i had one of those in our backyard. kendra and i tried to jump in, but we got stopped. we checked that out for a little bit before trying the magical mineral water (which was disgusting). we walked around the city a little bit before getting back on the bus to go to dartmoor. dartmoor is one of englands equivalents to a national park. it is this really high land that is covered in rocks and is almost completely treeless. we stopped and hiked around there for a little bit. it was a gorgeous view and very wild, as in lots of room to run around and wild ponies hanging out in the parking lot. after playing there for a little bit we went to a little town called witticom-in-the-moor. im still not sure why. so we just hung out in a cemetery until it was time to go to exeter, which is where we spent in the night. our hostel was pretty nice, it looked kind of like a cabin (we felt like we were at girls camp, not that i would know because i hardly ever went to girls camp). but i taught everyone how to french braid, they seem to think its a talent. here is my masterpiece in kendras hair. the next morning we got back on the bus and went to stourhead. it is an amazing garden that was part of a manor house for a while. it is also where they filmed pride and prejudice. even though it was raining it was so pretty and i would love to go back in the summer some time. they had grottos and temples that were so amazing. we are also really excited to see our photographer, we had forgotten that we arranged for a family photo to be taken there. it turned out really well. we had a lot of fun there and grabbed lunch at a little market they had. we got some bread and honey and a brownie. it was delicious. we once again climbed back on the bus and headed to stonehenge. it is... some rocks. and it was... raining. but we made it fun. it is really interesting how no one knows how they got there, but it is definitely not a place where you would want to spend a lot of time. after that we headed to salisbury to see the salisbury cathedral. it is the largest spire in england, at 404 feet. it was really impressive. i didnt get any good pictures though so im not going to post any. they also had a copy of the magna carta there from 1215. then it was finally time to head back to the centre. we packed a lot in in just 2 days, but it ended up being a lot of fun! sheesh, that was a long blog and it took forever to do. nap time.
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That pic from where Pride and Prej. was filmed is amazing! It seems like you had a busy traveling week. Can't wait to see the posts when Lindsey arrives! Love you!
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