Stonehenge and the Silent Dance

Friday night was one of the funnest nights I have had here so far. In Trafalgar Square, there was, as they call it, an organized flashmob event. A flashmob is a large group of people who assemble suddenly in a public area, perform an unusual action for a brief time, then quickly disperse. This event we found on Facebook was called the Trafalgar Square silent dance, meaning that everyone wears their own ipod, listens to their own music and dances. There were a ton of people there. We ended up climbing up the monument in the middle of Trafalgar Square, jumping off into the crowd to crowd surfing. I crowd surfed a few times and got carried like 25 feet. It was an absolute blast. No one knew each other but everyone was just dancing together and having a good time. If this happened in the US, I think things probably would have gotten out of control and people would have gotten hurt because they took it too far. We went to Gordon's Wine Bar afterwards to talk about how crazy and amazing the night was.

Saturday was our day trip to Stonehenge. We got on a bus at 9am and drove 2 hours to literally the middle of no where. Then all of a sudden, you see the rock formation. It was really cool to see Stonehenge, as it is one of the wonders of the world. However, the entire rock formation is roped off so you cannot come within like 30 yards of it. So you need like 15 minutes to take a few good pictures and take it in.... we had an hour. So as those loud, obnoxious American college students, we decided to have some fun. We tried recreating Stonehenge with people, as you can see in the picture. Everyone, even the workers, found it pretty amusing. After Stonehenge, we got back on the bus and drove another hour to Salisbury, which is your typical small English countryside town. There was an absolutely beautiful cathedral there that holds part of the Magna Carta, but you had to pay five pounds to get in. So instead, we went to a pub for some fish and chips and a few pints. We were all exhausted by the time we got back on the bus due to the lack of sleep from our crazy Friday night.



This week I have two papers due, which is the most amount of work I have heard anyone doing so far. But, this weekend a big group of us are going to Amsterdam so that is acting as my motivation.

Cheers,

Torrey