Day 5-Our Breakaway from the city

We were pampered again this morning with a departure time of 9. This time however we didn't hop on the tube, it was straight to our luxurious giant orange coach bus. It was nice. We took a two hour bus ride out of the city, and headed straight for the mysterious and scientific Stonehenge. Most students capitalized on the oppurtunity for an extra two hours of sleep, but our tour guide still attempted to do his job, and tell us info on the way there. He then repeated it once we arrived.

Stonehenge, the place that no one knows what they are talking about when they talk about it. To quote our tour guide, Eric, "If you walk away from Stonehenge with an idea about it, it is just as valid as any scholar, because no one actually knows." WE WERE greeted by the sight of sheep...and rain...and wind...and miserable'ness. But we still got out of the bus and opened our umbrellas as shields for the weather. They didn't work well, but in our minds they still helped. We were given an hour to walk around the monument, and gaze in it's glory, but after 35 minutes, all were back on the bus drinking coffee and eating cheese scones. Some did embrace the monument though, and Seth, Robbie, Ben, Brandon, and Drew decided to recreate stonehenge. So they put Robbie in the air above their heads, and went on posed for a photo. God did use his humor though, and as we all got on the bus, the sun came out and a rainbow appeared. Hurray for timing.

Then we had another hour bus ride to the AMAZING city of Bath. Once we arrived, we went on a bus tour of the city. This was unlike the other bus tour we had on this trip, cause everyone was awake..except for Seth he says. Eric took us to the front of the Roman Baths and showed us our meeting point. Then we all were given 2 hours and free roam of the city for food. No one died in the making of this lunch. The most popular option was a pasty. It's like "a hand held chicken pot pie" says Seth. They were yummy. Others had pizza or Burger King, once again embracing the local food. Megan Moore says she had a nasty onion quiche.

At 3:10 the group met outside the Roman Baths and headed for the inside. We were given two hours'ish to explore, and were told to meet out front at 4:45. The baths were warm looking, and after our entire group broke the rules, we all knew it actually was warm, because we all touched it. The water is indeed green, and according to Brandon Finke who tried some in the pump room, it tastes like drinking blood. Strange...but true. We were all given audio tour guides because Eric was not allowed to guide us as a group in the baths. They worked well, and Robbie personally enjoyed listening to the kids version of the tour.

Then we headed for our hotel, The Frances on The Square. It is a quaint, old looking hotel, where every floorboard creaks. Not too shabby of a hotel, and it will serve us well for the night. We pampered up and headed for dinner, which was FISH AND CHIPS! Ben Mason has been waiting all week for it, and he was not dissapointed. The meal was delicious, and it was followed up with a dessert of cheesecake topped with strawberries.

Then we headed back to the hotel, and all chilled in rooms and the lobbby for 3 hours playing cards and other things.. Curfew is in 50 minutes, and your writers are gonna go embrace those minutes. See you all tomorrow, thanks for reading.