Stonehenge and London - Day 50

Well everyone it's day 50.... I can't believe it. We had a great day even though we had to leave our ship.


We were docked when we got up this morning.


We had breakfast and came back to the room to pick up the remainder of our things. Good-bye cabin #1297 it was fabulous!

As we said yesterday we had an excursion planned to go to Stonehenge and then to the Hilton at Heathrow Airport.




Stonehenge was amazing. I really had low expectations because I'd heard that you couldn't get close to the stones but we found it to be a great stop and a great view.


The audio guide was wonderful and very informative.


This is the side that is more complete and still standing.

  
As you walk around it you see different things and of course different perspectives.

  



  

  

  

  

   

  
Jim and I felt that we were able to get very close to the stones. You cannot walk into the circle of stones anymore, because people were causing damage and putting graffiti on the stones. I can't believe people sometimes.

They have an excellent visitor center with great exhibits and information.

There is so much more to Stonehenge than just the stones. There are other burial grounds around there and other interesting information, more than I ever knew.


This is Jim standing in front of an example of how they would move the stones... It's amazing how they moved them.

We drove the rest of the way to the airport and took a taxi to our hotel. After getting our luggage in our room we headed to the tube station by the hotel to head into London.



We went to Covent Gardens Market a place we visited in 2010 when we were here and it's a favorite.
There are many street entertainers and craft vendors and many familiar high end stores.

We watched a couple of the entertainers and laughed and had a good time.


We watched this guy stand on a ladder and juggle.... amazing.

We were hungry and walked into this restaurant on the corner and had a fabulous meal. Shepherd's Pie to die for and Jim had wonderful roast chicken and then dessert. You know when we get home we've got to work on a better eating plan. But in the meantime....


Jim had THE BEST Creme Brulee I've ever tasted, and I had some sort of Strawberry cake thing. Yummy!!



We walked across the street back to the craft vendor area and purchased a couple of pictures we'd seen before dinner to add to our collection. Tired but happy and full we got back on the tube and rode back out to our hotel.

We'll head back into London tomorrow and do some more sightseeing.