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From London, we took a train down to Salisbury. Had a bit of a shock as we realized that John booked the tickets for the wrong date and we ended up paying an exorbitant amount for a one-way ticket :s buying tickets last minute is really expensive man.
So anyway, that aside, when we reached Salisbury, the sky was so gloomy and I was really hoping it wouldn't rain. We bought our tickets to go to Stonehenge, which came together with a visit to Old Sarum.
When we reached Stonehenge, my first impression of it was just.. "This is it? A couple of stones lying around..?" But thank goodness with the audioguide explaining the history behind it, Stonehenge seemed much more than 'just a couple of stones'. We spent such a long time walking around Stonehenge, and mind you, it was really a small area to cover. Being typical Asians, we took 163561356 photos which turned out pretty similar in the end.
We took a bus from Stonehenge down to Old Sarum, site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury, and the weather changed for the better. In the end, we got sidetracked and took 371637613 jumpshots before we actually reached the castle, which was in ruins by the way.
Did a collage of the three of us, John was the one who noted that Mel should be coined 'Sidekick'. Not me :p
And here's the castle, which is basically.. Nothing?
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From Salisbury, we took a train down to Bath, where we couch-surfed for the first time! We made our way to Joe's, our host, and arrived there earlier than expected. The house was pretty cosy and the living room ,where we were to stay in, had a set of drum sets as well. Joe brought us out to town that night as Mel wanted to have Macs and he recommended a few places where we could try in town as well.
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I remember the weather in Bath being gloomy, typical UK weather.. Nevertheless, we trekked out to town, based on our memory on the route we took the night before. The main places we intended to go to was..
Bath Abbey
Roman Bath
The Roman Bath was really pretty cool, if only we could just take a dip in it :p they even had Roman characters walking around and they were really into their characters man.
Dinner with Joe back at his plae where he cooked us a fabulous meal! We settled down for a movie together, and I must say, he is really knowledgeable! And has really good taste in movies and music too.. :D
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We started off with fish&chips in town which Joe recommended, Mel and John had mushy peas (eew) which Joe insisted did not taste like peas.. But it did!! So anyway, we had a relaxing day walking around Bath and its little stores. Made our way to Royal Crescent as well.
Bath was, albeit a small town, really romantic and I really loved it. Very quaint and pretty. I remember reading somewhere that Bath is the one of the most romantic places, and I can only agree with that.
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