Mum and I traveled outside London on Tuesday to take a guided tour of Salisbury and Stonehenge. We first took a 1 1/2 hour train ride to Salisbury for the morning. Here is a picture walking up to the town after leaving the train station.
Here I am listening to our tour guide surrounded by beautiful countryside. The weather was great.
Our tour guide took us on a small walk in the village. Here is some of the architecture in Salisbury.
We then headed to the Salisbury Cathedral. The Cathedral was built in 1258!
The inside was very impressive and we walked around learning about its history and knights who were buried there.
Another picture from the courtyard.
After our tour, we went to lunch and then met up with our group to take a tour bus to Stonehenge. On our 30 minute ride to Stonehenge, we got to see Sting's house!
We also got to see lots of thatch cottages as we drove through villages.
Another one. So neat.
We arrive in Stonehenge!
Mum and I are one of the few that has seen Stonehenge in the sun! :) Due to the destruction that visitors have done to the stones over the years. You can no longer go up to the stones. They are only open during the summer solstice. Last year, our guide said 300,000 visited on the summer solstice.....so I am glad our day lacked that many tourists. There seemed to be lots of people there, but you could always get a good photo shot.
Surprisingly, it was super windy on the site. Here is Mum getting blow away.
It was a great day and I am glad we did a tour as we would not have learned as much.
Here I am listening to our tour guide surrounded by beautiful countryside. The weather was great.
Our tour guide took us on a small walk in the village. Here is some of the architecture in Salisbury.
We then headed to the Salisbury Cathedral. The Cathedral was built in 1258!
The inside was very impressive and we walked around learning about its history and knights who were buried there.
Another picture from the courtyard.
After our tour, we went to lunch and then met up with our group to take a tour bus to Stonehenge. On our 30 minute ride to Stonehenge, we got to see Sting's house!
We also got to see lots of thatch cottages as we drove through villages.
Another one. So neat.
We arrive in Stonehenge!
Mum and I are one of the few that has seen Stonehenge in the sun! :) Due to the destruction that visitors have done to the stones over the years. You can no longer go up to the stones. They are only open during the summer solstice. Last year, our guide said 300,000 visited on the summer solstice.....so I am glad our day lacked that many tourists. There seemed to be lots of people there, but you could always get a good photo shot.
Surprisingly, it was super windy on the site. Here is Mum getting blow away.
It was a great day and I am glad we did a tour as we would not have learned as much.
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Take a look at www.walktalktour.com and see what you think.
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