Day 2: Salisbury, Bath, Stonehenge + London

(2014 Note: These pages are transfers from my original site so I can better view the many pictures I have from that trip and so it’s searchable within WordPress Search. Here’s a link to the original page!)

Our next day in London! We had to wake up early because this was our ‘Day Trip’ day. We all slept pretty damn well that night because of the whole time change thing so it was still a little difficult to get up early – the bus tour operators, Gray Line, were picking us up at a neighboring hotel and we had to be there on time. Go figure. That was a nice hotel by the way – I can’t even imagine how much that place cost in American Dollars. But anyways, the Gray Line trip we booked was to take us first to Salisbury, followed by the amazing Stonehenge, and finally the Roman city of Bath – afterwards a 2 1/2 hour drive back to London. So we weren’t going to be back in the city until about 7pm – yes, it was a very long day, but definitely scenic.

So after our shuttle bus picked us up, we were taken to the main tourist bus area where we transferred on to our tour bus – and it was definitely a full bus. I ended up sitting alone for a little bit, but as the bus filled up more and more, it was inevitable that all seats would be filled. I ended up sitting next to a really cool Native American woman who was also with much of her family on vacation. And they liked to talk and talk and talk and laugh and laugh – it became annoying much later on the final drive home, but in the meantime, it wasn’t so bad.

It takes about an hour or so to drive up to Salisbury, and the weather was amazing. I’ve been to Salisbury before but it’s definitely not something you can get tired of seeing. Salisbury is a beautiful small city/village which has as its centerpoint the amazing Salisbury Cathedral. As you’ll see in the pictures below, the cathedral itself is quite breath-taking. In fact, it’s the tallest cathedral in ALL of England, and is approximately 450 feet high, about as high as the London Eye.

As we found out, the tour bus guide was mostly there to provide a running commentary while the bus was driving to places, but at each location, we were allotted a certain time to explore on our own, which was cool in a way, but I honestly thought we’d get a bit more ‘guidance’. So anyways, we had about 45 minutes or so to look around at the cathedral grounds and inside – pictures below show all that – and needless to say it’s pretty amazing. We then met up for lunch at a nearby pub called the Cloister – and had some pretty decent beef stew and met some of our fellow travelers. We started talking to the couple sharing our table with us and to my surprise, the guy was involved in the home audio/video installation business. SWEET.

So here are the pictures from the morning and up through Salisbury and the Cloister. Stonehenge awaits!

March 28, 2007: Leaving London, Salisbury, and lunch at the Cloister

Susan and Jeff prepare to take the bus tour28-Mar-2007 00:53, Canon Canon PowerShot SD900, 2.8, 7.7mm, 0.017 sec, ISO 141

March 28, 2007: Leaving London, Salisbury, and lunch at the Cloister

March 28, 2007: Shots at Stonehenge

March 28, 2007: Bath, England

March 28, 2007: Walking in London at night upon returning from Bath

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