we arrived at tintern abbey this morning, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with our curriculum. we read wordsworth's 'tintern abbey' on the way there. it was very pretty and cool to see but after three days of looking at 'wet castles' it wasn't too extraordinary. what i did like is that it was surrounded by trees, which made it feel more private than the other touristy places we've visited. anyway, it was in wales, and it was cool to see welsh written everywhere. also, some comical pictures cautioning us to avoid tripping on the stones and stairs. see below.
we got back on the bus and drove to stonehenge, which is pretty much on the side of the highway. our bus driver said that no matter what the weather is like in the rest of england, it will be worse at stonehenge, and he was right. it was wet and cold and windy.
they reminded us not to be disappointed by stonehenge, because the stones are not as large and imposing as people assume. i was not disappointed; it was very cool to see, and i was surprised to learn that each stone weighs about 5 tons and come from 150ish miles away. it was built in about 2000 bc. ish. ....and that's pretty much all we know about stonehenge. we went there because it's supposed to be where merlin helped the king build a monument to honor knights killed in battle, but that happened in like 400 ad. go figure.
on the way back to chelsea we watched a movie about queen victoria called 'young victoria'. it was very well done; it was very sad to hear that after prince albert died, queen victoria laid out his clothes for him every morning until she died, and wore mourning clothes for the rest of her life.
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