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We've done Victorian, Georgian, Jacobean, Tudor, Norman, Medieval...now we're going Neolithic! Visiting Stonehenge has been another lifelong dream. I've lost count of how many documentaries I have seen about these amazing structures over the years. It's another Unesco World Heritage Site.  I was delighted to discover the walking path encircled the entire monument. It really is different from every angle. The monument stands at the top of the Salisbury Plains, and surprisingly the highway goes right by. This brass arrow shows the direction of the midwinter sunset. There is an audio guide app you can download and listen to as you walk around the site. The site was built over more than 2000 years. The first burial mounds were dated as 5000 years old. One of the most studied archeological sites in the world,  they are still discovering new things about it. The interpr...

Bath, of course, is named after the Roman Baths built there in 43 AD, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Aquae Sulis (the Roman name for Bath) was often called "Little Rome". The two cities shared many similarities, including both being built on 7 hills. The outside of the baths Bath is home to the only 3 naturally occurring hotsprings in England. Unlike most Roman structures, which were military installations, like fortresses and walls, Aquae Sulis was a recreational and religious place.  Aquae Sulis has a dual goddess. Sulis and Minerva were combined into a single entity, Sulis Minerva.  The sacred spring was a site of pilgrimage. People traveled from all over the Roman Empire to throw offerings into the water to receive blessings from Sulis Minerva. There were also many slips of metal, about the size of a dollar bill, with requests for vengeance. "I curse him who has stolen my cloak, whether man or woman...

This is all we saw of Wales. We we in Wales for less than an hour! The Welsh are enormously proud of their culture and language. All the signs are in English and Welsh, which is a celtic language.  Ryan Renolds is part owner of a Welsh football team. He's also producing a popular show set in Wales and is trying to learn the language. He and his business partner are considered "Princes of Wales" by the people  Lovely Ludlow in County of Shropshire Tudor buildings were often bigger on top, for a few reasons. It provided an overhang for your front step. I imagine this was helpful when dumping chamber pots in the street. Also, you were only taxed on the footprint of the building on the land. Jacobean Architecture - is it just me, or does it look like there should be steins of beer and lederhosen? I love these tiny little alleys that lead to a business, tucked behind two others. I really feel sorry for construction or...