Don't get me wrong, I am a nerd for fantasy novels and medieval movies. So I really wanted to go here and see this infamous place.
But when I got there I realised how small the structure is and non-spectacular.
It looked like a small pile of rocks.
We were given audio devices and I really didn't have the patience to listen to how each rock structure differed from one in aesthetics and what it may have meant to the people of medieval times.
I think part of my disdain comes from frustration at the number of tourists.
Really there was like 1 million tourists taking multiple pictures of each of the rocks and blades of grass even. I got there, was frozen by the cold wintery wind (in a country where summer just ended) and saw the million people and wanted to get out of there.
Sadly it is in the middle of nowhere with no public transport. Yes I did think about a taxi Jess and realised the exuberant fare I would spend all of rest yr paying back.
Good points about this visit because you should always leave your audience on a positive note.
1. The English countryside is beautiful, more so than the rocks
2. I finally learnt what summer and winter solstice is. I had a hippie intern earlier this yr who was shocked I didn't know what it was. Stonehenge works as a calendar and accurately predicts the winter and summer solstice. But half of it has been destroyed by people who took stones away to build houses with and tourists who took it back with them. So it used to work as a calendar...
3. I will say stonehenge could be described as enigmatic if you could delete all the tourists from the view
Xox tourist no 762 of 1 million in London ATM
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