Excursion Day!

Hello!

This morning started out much earlier than usual. I started my day at 6:30am. Got dressed, ate breakfast and packed last minute things into my backpack because today we departed for our two day excursion. We were headed to Bath and Stratford-Upon-Avon. On our way to Bath, we stopped at Stonehenge which was about a two hour ride (we took a coach bus). Almost everyone one the bus took a nap (it was much needed). 

Whenever I hear people talking about Stonehenge I always hear that it's just rocks in the middle of huge green fields. They were right, it really is just rocks surrounded by fields and fields of grass!

But these rocks have a story behind them. Stonehenge is an ancient temple aligned on the movements of the sun. These stones were brought in 4,500 years ago by prehistoric people. The heaviest of the stones stood at 13 ft high and weighed about 25 tons!

After finishing our tour at Stonehenge we all had lunch at the visitor center on site. 

Once we all ate, we departed for bath! It was about an hour long ride from Stonehenge. I once again had fallen asleep, and had woken up to rain outside my window once we arrived.

We got settled into our hotel rooms and went for a walking tour followed by dinner at Sally Lunn's. The food was delicious! I had salmon on a Sally bun and a meringue and berry dessert topped with a scoop of ice cream.

Once dinner was over, we headed back to the hotel. This is where things got interesting. Nine of us got into the elevator and just as the doors closed, the elevator got maybe a foot off the ground and fell back down! A few of us screamed until we realized we were stuck! We were trapped in the elevator for about 40 minutes before the maintenance man opened the doors. 

While in there, it was getting so hot the walls were filled with condensation. We were able to play hangman.

But, we made it out alive! Some were very shaken up including myself, but we're all safe! 

And hey, at least we can all say we've been stuck in an elevator now!