Steve

    Albion

    Saturday, July 14, 2007, 07:58 AM CST [General]

    Tomorrow I jump on a flight that will take me first to Brussels and then, at the end of the week to England. I will be returning to Albion for the first time in 9 months and I am very excited about it! The Sagittarian in me loves travel; even with all the additional "inconvenience" we have to go through these days. Over the period of this trip I will practise my work - life balance. Something that has always been a challenge for me. I will be working and yet also seeing friends and taking vacation too. I will be at Stonehenge, one of the most awesome places I have ever visited.

    My goal is to return to the States refreshed, recharged and re-focused. As I travel I will try and update my blog with some comments about what I experience and discover.

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    Have a great trip Steve! But listen, while you're at Stonehenge, would you mind picking up some of those fallen rocks and putting them back in place? As my third grade teacher Mrs. Blenkinsop liked to say, neatness does count you know.

    Robert
    July 14, 2007
    08:55 AM CST

    Steve,

    If you want the best pictures take them from the roadside because you actually see more of the monument than when you are up close on the path.

    Also be sure to visit Avesbury not too far away. There is a nice stone circle there too, some say even more interesting than Stonehenge.

    Then there is the Avesbury Archer a 2300 yr old man discovered in 2002. Some believe he may have been the chief who commisioned Stonehenge as he was very rich.

    www.thewiles.net/england/...

    This should whet your appetite too, and get you thinking about why Stonhenge was built.

    www.wessexarch.co.uk/proj...


    Brussels. Must see the Grand Place, it's spectacular. Also not far away the Mannequin Pis, a tiny famous statue that does a "tinkle" :-)

    Oh almost forgot, if you get to Bath the Roman Baths are nice, also they have recently opened a new "Roman thermal Baths" expensive but enjoyable.

    Glastonbury Tor - worth a look too but depends on your time.

    Have fun,

    Alan

    Alan
    July 14, 2007
    09:29 AM CST

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