I <3 you all the way to Belgium

Travelling to Belgium was quite the experience. To start off the morning Brittany and I took a bus to meet Jeri. From here we walked 10 minutes to the tube stop (the purpose of this is because our normal tube route was closed). Upon arrival, we see that there are severe delays and at this point it is already 7:45 and our train is departing at 8:25. We start running looking for a cab, which of course there is not one in sight. As we run probably a mile, we spot one pulling out of the gas station. We all sprinted to the waiting cab. We made it to the train station at 8:25 on the dot. Of course the train had already departed so we were left with useless tickets. Thank god we were able to find information and exchange them for a later departure.

All in all the remainder of our journey went by smoothly and we caught a cab to Hotel La Madeleine. It was a fabulous little hotel located in the heart of Brussels just steps from all of the sights and shopping. We were starving and ended up eating at Pizza Hut, so anti Belgium. But we ventured to the Grand Place after, which you'll be able to see in photos. We embarked on a minor shopping excursion in search of trends and souveniers, which was mainly successful (I got a cheap Manchester United Ronaldo jersey!).Also, i purchased as stein and mock wooden shoes, which are really porcelian, I thought they were very Belgian. The next day we had the famous Belgian waffles and frites (french fries). AMAZING! Possibly the greatest creations! I ordered my waffle with vanilla icecream and hot chocolate sauce, I could so go for one of those right now! Those are basically the main highlights of the trip, and we also went to the Museum of musical instruments.

Bath, Glastonbury, & Stonehenge

Hello All! Sorry it's been awhile since I've posted, but I've been super busy with school and travel. So 2 weekends ago I went to Bath, Stonehenge, and Glastonbury all of which were amazing. First at Glastonbury, we were able to see an old abbey which was mainly destroyed except for part of the structure. A plaque at the site claims that it was once the burial site for King Arthur and Gueneviere which I found to be totally awesome since I'm a dork and love mythological/historical stuff. The one boy in the group actually laid down on the grave and pretened to be Arthur.
Anyway after that we made our way to Bath, to see the Roman Baths. We were actually able to see the real baths the Romans used, still supplied by the same hot springs. The majority of the structure was in fantastic condition and I was able to walk on it and touch it, way cool. Also, there was a museum all about the Baths, which contained ancient sculptures, tombstones, and parts of the bath that were destroyed. We stayed the night in Bath, which had next to no night life from what we found. The good thing was how incredibly cheap food and drink are outside of London. A Sandwhich, chips, cake, and 2 drinks cost around 11 pounds, where in London it would be about double that. So for us poor college students we were way excited.!!
After the baths, we went to Stonehenge the next day. It was terribly freezing and the wind was horrendous. Stonehenge was definitely interesting, but it's disappointing that you can't get very close. But it's rather mesmerizing to think that someone created it and how they did it, because the rocks are massive. We were entertained though and took pictures trying to be Stonehenge as well as the same picture from every possible angle. It was funny because you get headphones that tell you facts about it, and one was "Some rocks remain standing, while others have fallen down." But, I wonder what in fact it was made for. Apparently some people say that it has great acoustics, that would be awesome for a rave. So while we were there my friends were messing around and had me give commentary on the purpose of Stonehenge, which I obviously said was used for raving. Another little tidbit about it is, apparently a certain religion is allowed to enter the grounds on the Solstice in order to worship. Who knew! That's all for now, I'll be posting about Belgium soon enough!