Thursday, October 18, 2007

Stonehenge, Stourhead, and Winchester

Wednesday, Emily and Madi's last full day in England, we went to Stonehenge, Stourhead, and Winchester with the students on our weekly field trip. The weather was beautiful and it was a very nice day.

The whole gang at Stonehenge -
thanks to Amy for the photo

Stourhead is a historic 18th-century home with BEAUTIFUL! gardens designed by the owner of the home, Henry Hoar, more or less as an amateur art project. He did a great job as you can see. The little temples are simply intended as focal points in the garden.

A lovely fall view of the lake

The fall foliage is just beginning to turn

This is the Temple of Apollo where Lizzy and Mister
Darcy had a bit of a discussion in the latest version
of Pride and Prejudice.

Emily and Madi at Stourhead

Visiting Jane Austen's grave at Winchester Cathedral
(it didn't bring us down)

The house on College Street behind the Cathedral where
Jane Austen spent her last days and ultimately died --
thanks to Emily for discovering this site for us

The girlies in front of Winchester Cathedral

We are off to Hampton Court today, so check here later for more stuff.

OXO

D.

2 comments:

Anna said...

I looked at the picture of Em at Jane Austen's grave and with bangs she looks a lot like me, and so it was almost like I was there, only of course I wasn't.

Emily said...

Oh how I love Stourhead! We should have gone and seen the house. It was used as Netherfield Park in P&P. Sigh....next time.