Rocks, Paper, Salisbury!

Ventured out to Stonehenge today, which I found awesome...it's a lot bigger than I expected...but then again it is one of the seven wonders of the world...or so they say. Then on ly disappointment was all the people! There was a steady ring of tourists around the whole site, not to mention the 20 or so people I saw lining the highway, who were too cheap to pay the £4 admission. I have to say I can't really blame them, as it is about $7 USD, which can buy you a pitcher of beer in some places...I must begin to prioritize!

I then walked around Salisbury and went to the Cathedral, which was amazing. I was struck with how huge it was, as well as all the tombs within them, as there are no 13th century cathedrals in the states, and especially no dead people in them. Chris' mum said she'd never thought of it that way before and everyone here takes England's history for granite, which I found interest becasue yesterday Chris was telling me how Britain's history is grilled into them at school year after year, yet a big part of thier history, the monarchy, is purely symbolic and doesn't have any real power today.

I also saw one of only four surviving copies of the Magna Carta. There were origionally 12, and I must say those Brits were thinking, compared to our Declaration. First off, they made 12 copies, we only have one...and no matter what you do...paper deteriorates! Secondly, the Magna Carta was written on some kind of leather or skin...I believe...which (I should know this) lasts longer then paper.

Don't know if that made sense becasue it's so late. Until next time...