Sara in London: On this day (May 18th) we went to beautiful, mystical Salisbury...

Our day began, by checking out of our room only to be told that we could check into it again (for whatever reason--we didn't ask). Strange. Anyway, then went to the Waterloo station and caught the 8:20am train to get into Salisbury at about 9:40am. Once there, we hoped on the tour bus and went to... STONEHENGE! woohoo! It was pretty cool (although I can see why some people are taken aback by it being a bit smaller than expected in person). Still, we thought it was awesome--very surreal.

It was very cold and windy!

Listening to the audio guide.

Sheep on a burial mound.

Then on, our way back to Salisbury, we stopped at Old Sarum, which was sooo cool. Old Sarum is the remains of a Norman castle, but the area had been used as a sheltered village from pre-Roman Britain until the cathedral was moved to Salisbury (around the 1200s). On top of being really neat to see the grounds/blueprints, Old Sarum was gorgeous and the view was great. It was also VERY windy. I almost got blown over into the grassy moat while we walked along the "ramparts." Scary! As we left, we looked back to see a group of young school girls receiving a lecture by one of the Old Sarum caretakers. Patrick was highly amused when she handed out a bunch of shields and spears to some of the girls and began to organize them to attack the castle!

We LOVED Salisbury. We only wish we could have taken more pictures! (Our camera's storage space was running low by that time.) Aren't the colors lovely?

A view of Old Sarum.

Up there is where I was almost blown over by the wind!

Patrick in the kitchen!

Little girls with swords and shields!

After this we went back into town and went over to see the Salisbury Cathedral (officially: the Cathedral of Saint Mary). I believe it has the tallest Medieval spire in the UK.

The Cathedral of Salisbury.

After this we headed back to London, where we rushed over to AHA headquarters to say goodbye to Leah and Martin. Then we headed back to the hostel and called parents to fill them in on our activities. Then we went to o'neills one last time and hopped over to Kings Cross so Patrick could see Platform 9 3/4! (which funnily enough had been "relocated" because of construction--but it was still there!) :P Then we went back to pack and get some rest.