Oh, there's just so much...

It's been quite an eventful week! We had an outing planned for every night except Monday. 

Tuesday, we had the privilege of seeing an 18th century play written by Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer. It was a "comedy of errors" and different from any type of show I had ever watched before. The set design was absolute gorgeous! Wednesday, I tagged along with the Rock & Roll Class to Hard Rock Cafe. It was my first time ever being in a Hard Rock Cafe...it was so loud! What else could I have expected, right? Ha, I really enjoyed it though. After eating we had a chance to go down into the vault they have filled with all this great rock memorabilia! Thursday, we went to another show! We Will Rock You has been on stage for 10 years now. All of the music is Queen. Very rock & roll. It was entertaining, but I found myself wondering how the show has managed to stay alive for 10 years! The writing is terrible! 

Friday we went on our second day trip. This time it was Stonehenge and Salisbury. Pictures first!

Stonehenge. Ok, it was pretty awesome. Just a tad smaller than I thought it would be. 

Unfortunately, visitors are no longer allowed to walk amongst the rocks. This is as close as it gets.

The English countryside! I love it!

Old Sarem. We were only here for about 15 minutes, and this was as close as we got.

The local pub in Salisbury where I ate lunch with Anna, Courtney and Whitney (all fellow HPU students).  Very good food!

Salisbury Cathedral

Inside the cathedral. Everything was illuminated so beautifully, because the sun was streaming in through all the magnificent stained glass windows.

17th Century graffiti! 

The Cloisters. Absolutely breathtaking.

What I loved about this trip was how great the weather was! Unlike last week, the sun was out the whole day. Yes, it was bitterly cold, but as you can see from the above pictures, the sun just made things better. Our tour at the Salisbury Cathedral was not nearly as in depth as our tour we received at the Canterbury Cathedral, but there is still an insane amount of history at both! The day was pleasant, and I feel so blessed being able to take these day trips every week. This coming Friday we will be going to Bath.

Ok, one more picture for you. 

As you can see from the above photo, Stonehenge can be viewed from this highway as one drives by. For some reason that was crazy to me! All I can see in my mind is this mom with her kids in the backseat of the car on the way to visit grandma, and every time they drive past she says to her children, "Look kids, there is Stonhenge!" And her kids replying, "We know, mum." 

Last night, we were blessed with a fluffy blanket of snow powdering the streets and cars. It was a beautiful and calming sight. But you'll be surprised to know, by midday today most of it had turned to slush!