Salisbury and Stonehenge

One of the best parts of studying abroad through SUNY Brockport was the included excursions that took place. They set up a trip to Stonehenge and Salisbury for us towards the end of our trip. They even let Trevor join along for free even though he is not technically a student. I thought that this was the perfect day trip it took a few hours to get out to Salisbury. We got off the bus and had free time to walk around until around 3 or 4 p.m. giving us a lot of time to eat and look around. 

Salisbury was a small english town and is perfect if you looking to experience some culture. There is not too much to the town a popular place to visit is  Salisbury Cathedral. It is over 750 years old and has the tallest spire! There was also a market, bands, and a ton of shops to visit. 

Then after that we went to Stonehenge which is the rock formation. That was really neat! You could not get very close to the stones but it had a sense of mystery to it. We took a bunch a pictures, and had such a good time with all of my friends. If you don't want to pay a lot of people stop along side of the road and take pictures. So if you are on a budget I would say do that but if you go inside you get a thing that looks like a telephone that tells you all about the rocks. I would not spend more than a day visiting both places. Although it was worth the trip. 

The start of our adventures.

 Over a year ago now I left for a semester to travel see Europe and study abroad. I wanted to create somewhere my boyfriend and I could share travel tips and plan for any upcoming ones I might plan. 

Maybe I should introduce myself and my boyfriend a little bit. I went over to London like I said to study abroad, I was there for about six months overall.  I studied at Roehampton University in the South West of London and was a terrible place to study, it was the worst part of my trip. Although I did have a maid haha. woooo. anyway.  My boyfriend, Trevor ended up coming over in the beginning of April which was such a nice surprise because we did not plan on him coming over at all.  I hid him in my dorm room and we stayed there together for about two months. This was nice because it gave him a free place to stay. 

I don't think London would have been the first place I would have picked to travel in Europe but it by far by passed our expectations. I have so many fun memories. When I was trying to choose a university I got deceived because they told me Roehampton was right in the city. Well try - a twenty minute bus ride and twenty minute tube (subway) ride to anywhere exciting. I would have picked a different place if I had known that fact.  

Other than that I loved being a permanent tourist because I got to know the city well enough where I could find a ton of cool lesser known spots. Then at the same time we got to experience all of the touristy type of stuff. I definitely want to get more into that stuff later

We also traveled to Ireland and Northern Ireland, France, Whales, and more. Next we want to go backpacking and stuff like that.  I just have to say that we are addicted to traveling now that we have gotten a taste of it. ahh.  Trevor is also such  a great travel partner!

 

Oh yeah, I took both of the pictures above of the city center. The picture on the bottom was as we were walking along the River Thames in Westminster near Big Ben. The one on top is a picture of Oxford Circus when I went on one of those cheesy bus tours.