The Roman Baths

You guys…I have some trivial first world problems: too many pictures to sort through & not enough space on my laptop to store the originals. WHAT DO I DO?! I should’ve brought my external hard drive. Guess I’ll have to buy a USB stick capable of storing at least 10 GB of things. Or buy 2 with 5 GB memory. What the heck is taking up so much space on my laptop?! Whatevs, onto Europe stuff.

The first session of my study abroad program is over already. I haven’t received a grade for my Harry Potter paper yet or for the class, but let’s hope I earned an A.

Less talk, more pictures. Here’s a ginormous photo dump for you to browse through to promote lingering for longer than 5 seconds. Hover over the images for a caption.

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Italy, here I come!

Flying away to Italy this weekend & I still have pictures to post from Bath & France. After I finish my 2500 word paper on Harry Potter for my Anthropology class on Religion & Ritual, those pictures will be up. This is also assuming we’ve booked our hostels & figured out ways to get from Venice to Rome without busting our bank accounts. Yes, I’m serious about the subject of my paper (titled “Rites of Passage, Rituals, and Symbolism in the Magical World of Harry Potter”). No, I don’t care that it makes me seem like a total nerd because the Harry Potter series is brilliant & everyone should read it. Trust me, in order for me to get an A in the course, I need to use anthropological journals to support the brilliance. Not like I can afford to write a 2500 word paper sounding like an idiotic fangirl (not a fangirl FYI) when my grade depends on it. Compare it to Twilight & die. You can enjoy them both, but you cannot compare the two because I said so (JK, they’re different genres, obvi) or I’ll end you.

Thanks for all the comments, guys! I’ll be sure to return them all soon too.

Stonehenge

Last Sunday, Olivia & I visited Stonehenge after Salisbury Cathedral. Afterward, we went onwards to Bath, one of the most beautiful cities in England. It rained on & off at Stonehenge with strong winds. If you’re unfamiliar with this historical monument, here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia:

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 2.0 miles (3.2 km) west of Amesbury and 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of a circular setting of large standing stones set within earthworks. It is at the centre of the most dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred burial mounds.

It’s one of the most mysterious monuments in existence & has been around since 3100 BCE. Archaeologists believe that it was used as a ceremonial burial site, but there’s much more to the stones that continues to perpetuate its enigma today.

You can view an HD video I recorded of Olivia experiencing some first world problems at Stonehenge. We took a ton of pictures at Bath, so I’ll post those pictures later. Instead of checking back randomly hoping there’ll be a new post, subscribe to my RSS feed or follow me on Bloglovin’!

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Radcliffe Camera

Since we took so many pictures on Saturday from our adventures at Windsor & Oxford, I made two different albums for the two different places. Likewise, I’ve also split up Sunday, which consisted of Salisbury Cathedral, Stonehenge, & Bath. Stonehenge & Bath pictures will be added later. Why do I even bother explaining these things? No one cares – you guys just want to see pictures. Hover over the pictures for captions. Not like anyone will read this paragraph anyway. There’s a 30% chance that it’s already raining.

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Sara & me at Eton College

Olivia & I went on a tour to Stonehenge, Bath, & Salisbury Cathedral yesterday & counted the number of pictures I took. Just from that day alone, I accumulated 610+ pictures. I haven’t even gotten to the Oxford pictures we took on Saturday either. This is probably the most my camera has ever been used within two weeks. Talk about one of my best investments of 2011. All right, just like last time, I’ll post a few random pictures so you’ll stare at my website for longer than 5 seconds. Hover over the pictures to see a caption.

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