Day Two: The Southern English Coast

Thursday morning came quickly, and though it was overcast, it never did rain. We all had a great breakfast at our hotel together, then Aunt Sandi and Mom left to get the rental car. While they were gone, Emily and I went out to the garden to journal, then headed up a trail on a little walk. Before long it was time to head off for our first full day of English sight seeing. That meant Mom had to drive us on the wrong side of the road! We left Bath and headed south, towards Salisbury. Before we got there, however, we took a detour and visited Stonehenge. It actually wasn't as large or impressive as we had expected, but it was interesting nevertheless to behold. We peered over the chain link fence that surrounded it and took some pictures:



Then it was off to Salisbury, where we took in England's finest example of Gothic architecture. The Salisbury Cathedral also housed the most legible copy of the Magna Carta in existence. It was incredible!





After a tour of the Cathedral, we met up with John "Trimmie" and his wife Caroline. These are the Brits we have hosted for Dad's golf tournament known as the Cyder Cup. They live in Poole, which was to be our next destination. The Trimmies were fabulous hosts, driving us all over the coast so that we could see countryside, cliffs, ocean, piers, the Corfe Castle, and their golf club. Their hospitality was so generous, I don't know how we would have managed without them!



It was a long and full day. Emily and I started to doze off in the car a couple of times, but we tried to fight it because we didn't want to miss a single second of the pristine views. Looking forward to staying in Bath tomorrow to re-cooperate! Until next time- cheers!
Alicia