southern tour

our southern tour consisted of bath, glastonbury, hiking in tintagel and penzance, st. michaels mount, salisbury, stonehenge and stourhead gardens. oh, and jane austen's house, where i bought mansfield park. my favorite one.

me, tourist version, at the roman baths. ps- the water is real warm. also very green, as you can see.

lisa, ashley and me at the roman baths. friends forever.

bath abbey. i just love gothic architecture.

brooklynn and i got lost. then we found this vast garden. quaint and perfect.

pensive ash.

wild blackberries roam free in england. absolutely everywhere. i ate at least two handfuls of them. and i definitely got really nervous about getting the runs real bad. but i couldn't help myself. and luckily, i didn't.

kinsey and me at merlin's cave.

laura and emily sitting on a cliff. t-a-l-k-i-n-g.

hostel in salisbury. we went to the cathedral at night. and it was really super beautiful. i missed taking pictures at st. michaels mount. but they mostly would have been of catching crabs and playing with someone else's dog. it was great fun. i even put a starfish on my forehead.

i've had a hard time figuring out if i like garden's or not. we have been talking very philosophically about them and whether or not they are art. john and peter brought up the word sublime while we were in tintagel... and i think it sort of tainted me. i had this perfection in my mind, this sublime depiction of cliffs and humidity, and then we went to stourhead. and it just felt silly. then i realized i was just thinking too hard and i tried to enjoy the constructed beauty of the place.

widescreen shot at stourhead gardens. pretty beautiful.

friends at stonehenge. we took our sweet time.

there's stonehenge! and natalie.

oh, tony. our beloved coach driver. "great road, eh?"

conclusion: i still love my life, a lot. going home to london is a dream. i will try to be better at taking pics and posting them. also, on halloween... i'm gonna be in paris... shyeah.