2009年5月25日星期一

Travelling the Southeast of England

Last day is a sunny day, and we, 9 persons, went to visit the southeast of England and left from house in 7 o'clock. We visited the Stonehenge in Salisbury, one of the wonders in the world, and city of Bath, a world heritage which is famous for hot spring, then the last spot, sea shore in Bristol. It took us 17 hours and 400 kilometers a tour, and full of excitement, happiness, surprise, fatigue as well.

Chapter 1 visited the Stonehenge
The Stonehenge lies in Salisbury and 140km far away from here, which is our first spot. We chose a shortest route by GPS and arrived there in 9, 30 o'clock.
I saw the relics far away in the highway, and we jumped from the car even it could not stop totally. The stones sit in circles, which gave me a lonely sense. It was built in 2400-2200 BC (not exactly), and stood there for nearly 5,000years.

Chapter2, visited a church in a small village

We left Stonehenge and drove car in the lane to Bath through the villages, and had a break in a church. We heard the songs from the church, so we went into it to have a look. We saw elder people and children sang the holly songs prayerfully that moved us. They were kind and polite to invite us to join. After the ceremony, we talked with those old ladies and gentlemen, and they were very glad to see us and invited us to drink. We talked about the history of that church and the custom, China etc, and had a good memory on them.

Chapter3, visited the City of Bath


Because we chose a shortest route, we drove car up and down the road, which is much bumpiness. However, we saw dozens of village and town, whose beautiful scene rushed into my eyes one after another. We arrived the city at noon, and it cost us allot of time to park for the reason few car park places. It was sunny and hot, fresh air and direct shine and we spent a total afternoon in Bath. We checked the route from map, and then we visited the scene one by one. The most magnificent buildings in Bath were the Circus and the Royal Crescent by the architects John Wood the elder and his son John Wood the younger. Many charming girls and handsome boys took a sun-bath on the lawn in front of the Crescent. Then we visited the Rome Baths, a famous hot spring museum, which built in Rome’s era.

Chapters 4 go to seashore!!!

We reached the seashore of Bristol about 7, 10 pm, and I could not help shouting loudly when I saw the sea far away in the road! It is really very very very splendid, magnificent!! I can't find a word to express my mind! The sea was clam in the evening; the sun went to sink and dyed golden water in the sea. Three white wind turbines stand over the sea and the white sail boats became golden as well. The people sat in the pub near the seashore, playing cards, drinking beers. It is really what I want to do!

1 条评论:

  1. I'm glad you're enjoying exploring England. It's great to see all your pictures on your blog. Give my best wishes to everyone.

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