Stones and Baths...

England has SO much history in it, yesterday we went to the city of Bath and on our way made a stop at Stonehenge! This particular monument dates back 5000 years. Experts are still unsure who the builders were and the reason they placed the stones here and another mystery is how they got the stones to this location. Some of the stones weigh up to 4 tons, there are two types of stones at Stonehenge, Bluestones which are from Preseli Mountains an astonishing 240 mile journey and the Sarsen Stones which were brought from Wiltshire which is 25 miles away.  It was interesting listening to our guide tell us all about Stonehenge and the many theories as to why it is there, of course a poll revealed that most of the group thought that aliens were the only explanation of how the stones ended up there. This place really is a mystery!

 

 

There are several mounds around Stonehenge which are ancient burial mounds. 

 

The City of Bath was beautiful, this city like the rest of England is very historical, but one of the main reason this city has so much history is because it contains mineral springs that come from the Earth and are rather warm. The city was built by the Romans with the name Aquae Sulis which means the waters of Sulius.  These mineral springs were used by many to bathe and to some there were a place of worship to the Goddess Sulis Minerva. People eventually stopped bathing in the water and began drinking it because they believed it could cure any ailments, we even got to drink the water as well, I didn't experience any life altering changes afterward but maybe I didn't drink enough.

A spring that has been turned into a "wishing well."



Ahhh... Refreshing... (Actually it was warm and not very tasty)

 

Bath was a very beautiful city with a lot of history and it was a very cool experience to walk around the town for a few hours see the sites and see the ancient "magical" baths.