BES Week 5

• I hate tourists and children on the Tube. They talk so loudly and just wander around. Sir...I have places to be!! Victoria is hard enough to navigate without you obstructing the way.
• I had an  interesting experience on Thursday. We went to the Stop Light Party at Tiger Tiger. First off, drinks are expensive and everyone needs to pay me back...I bought a round that cost 73.90. They did not tell me this until I had been served and people had consumed the drinks. Then when Caroline and I left, we had to navigate the buses. We went to Victoria and then found out that we needed to go back the opposite way. Is there an easy way to figure out the bus routes?
• Stonehenge is pretty cool for about 10 mins. and then it loses its magic. I imagine that it would be pretty cool on the Summer Solstice. It was pretty well timed with our religion class. Which made it a little better. We did get to see a druid though! She was clad in animal skins and had a wicked-looking staff. She was doing something that looked like paying respects to the dead.
• Bath was probably the most beautiful city I have ever seen. The color of the buildings were a soft yellow and they were all in Roman architecture. The Roman baths were very plain it seemed at first, but then one stepped into the museum and saw the expansive and comprehensive history of the Roman city. It was very eerie thinking that I was walking on the very ground that Constantine and Julius Caesar once tread. The city also had a nightlife all its own. There were pubs and bars that were buzzing with students and people. One thing that did surprise me was that all the shops close so early. Every shop was closed by 5:30. It was slightly irritating. I also had a full english breakfast at the YMCA. It was delightful! Yet another thing I can add to my 'Again' list.
• Avebury was a pretty interesting historical site. But there really was not a lot to see. The history of the stone circle was very educational and the stones were massive, but beyond that, not much to see. The Avebury Mansion however was VERY intruiging. I had a hay-day being able to touch everything in the time-weathered house. It was a theatrical designer goldmine! There were rooms from different periods throughout the house. My favorite was the Pre-WWI Billiards Room. It was decorated in animal heads and a real record player! It was the classic idea of a Pre WWI 'Man Cave'.