April 27

Wow, what a day! We really enjoyed British History today. I saw the oldest thing that I have ever seen – over 5,000 years old. It was a circle of stone called Stonehenge. Nobody is quite sure who made it or what it was used for. It is possible that it was used as an observatory (ob zerv uh tor ee), because the sun shines certain ways through the circle at different times of the year. Some stones also mark events on the lunar calendar. A lunar year is 18.6 ordinary years, and at least 6 lunar years needed to be observed to get the proper placement of the stones. That means that they had to have made observations for 111 years to complete a cycle necessary to correctly place the stones. Isn’t it amazing that all this happened so long ago. The stomes are massive - over 20 feet high.

Well, quite modern by Stonehenge standards, but still very old are the Roman baths at the town named after them, Bath, quite near Stonehenge. They are only 2,000 years old but they still operate today without a single leak. They are fed by a hot water thermal spring, thought by many people throughout time to be magic and have special healing powers. What an interesting day we have had today. Tune in tomorrow for some interesting pictures of the city of London. See you tomorrow-Mrs. L.