London : January 13th 2011

Today was a free day from class so me and some of my friends decided to take a tour to Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths. Windsor castle was very big and beautiful. Before we entered the castle they told us that if the British flag is flying then the queen is not home, but if her special flag is flying then she is home. The queen wasn't home when we were there but i thought it was unusual to do this because if someone was trying to get to the queen they would know when she is there. We also went inside and saw the queen's private art collection of drawings from Leonardo DaVinci and the royal family's photographer's portraits of the family. Then before it was time to leave we saw the changing of the guards. From there we went to Stonehenge, which was amazing to see up close. You were able to walk around the whole thing and get different views. There were also these burial mounds on the other side of the road that you could see. It was so nice to see Stonehenge in person, it was so much better than i thought and from what i learned and talked about in art history so many times before, it was nice to finally understand the amazing effort that was put into building this structure during that time. Then we ended the day by going to the Roman Baths. We walked through the building, which held structures and artifacts from when it was in use. Then we saw the Roman Bath hot springs and you could feel the heat and see the steam coming from the water.