Day 2 in the United Kingdom

After a good night's sleep, everyone woke up feeling extremely happy. We ate our breakfast at the hotel and got ready to go to Stonehenge. Stonehenge is the mysterious collection in rocks arranged in a circle and dating back to 3000 B.C. Apparently, Stonehenge was formed by a culture that had no written records, so all the theories concerning the rocks are shrouded in mystery. When we got off the taxi cab at the entrance to Stonehenge, everyone was pumped and ready to go, until we realized it wasn't exciting at all. It isn't a hands-on exhibit; Stephen really wanted to get his hands on the rocks. The line was really long, and we didn't anticipate that there was going to be so many. Too be honest, most of us found Stonehenge pretty boring. Just standing a couple of feet behind the boulders, on a path taking pictures. Oh well, no memory's a bad memory. However, we did discover something cool. There is a stone, called the "Heel Stone" that is just outside of the main entrance to Stonehenge. When a person stands withing Stonehenge, and faces north-east through the entrance towards the heel stone, they can see the sun rise above the stone at summer solstice. It's pretty interesting how maybe ancient civilizations had a lot of cool ideas that we don't even know about. It was great exercise we figured, and we ate lunch at the Fisherton Mill Cafe and everyone ordered the Stonebaked Sandwich with grilled bacon, goats cheese and roasted tomatoes. Except for Ryan. He wanted to be different from everyone and ordered the Somerset Camembert with Hot apple chutney. We also drank freshly squeezed Italian blood orange juice. Ryan immediately regretted ordering what he ordered, he spent hours in the restroom trying to get the taste out. It was pretty funny. Because of the wonderful food, everyone got extremely sleepy and was hit by jet lag... so we went back to the hotel and slept until the next morning, occasionally waking up to eat stuff, play cards, and watch TV. It was a great second day.

A picture we took of Stonehenge up close