Stonehenge

 I left Netherlands, said my goodbye's to Marielle and Huib, and met up with my family in England. While driving through England Josh pointed out we had to see Stonehenge. He looked it up and realized we were right next to it. So we made a quick little stop.

In order for Stonehenge to be built some stones were dragged 240 miles from South Wales in about 2150 BC. These stones weighed about 4 tons. 

Other stones were dragged 25 miles and weighed up to 50 tons in 2000 BC. This was done using sledges and ropes and took about 600 men to move one stone.

 

 It was estimated that it took over 30 million man hours to build Stonehenge, and three stages. 

They aren't sure if it was built for human sacrifice or astrology. It was once a burial ground, so they speculate it was used as both a worship sight as well as a domain for the dead.

Stonehenge is fascinating to me because of how old it is, how they brought the stone from so far away, and how they were able to make the stones stand like they do with their technology.

We rented a car while we were in England so Josh and I both were able to learn to drive on the opposite side of the road. The weirdest part is driving on the opposite seat in a car. Super awkward parking the first time.

 We were able to drive through many beautiful roads, and come across some interesting towns.

Baths was one of those. It's an entire town made out of the same rock. The city was first established by the Romans as a spa resort because of the hot springs found there. I found the buildings interesting because they were all the same.