The Twenty-Second Day, and Twenty-Third Day Part 1: Offices, Stonehenge

Guys. Our Saturday was so amazing and overwhelming that I'm putting it into two separate blog posts, because I have about a million pictures. You're welcome. But let's talk about Friday for two seconds.

Friday, February 28:

On this rainy, rainy day, we visited some office buildings! Exciting. ;)
In actuality, it was pretty cool. Chris's company, Instructure, is looking for an office space in the UK to have as the home-base for their European Team. They had Chris visit three different places, because he knows the look and feel of the Instructure culture (and I came along as a photographer).

But check out the views from the first building. Amazing. It's right by Kings Cross Station, which is super close to EVERYTHING.

That dome is St. Paul's Cathedral, and the spikey building is The Shard, which we've yet to go up.
One day, before we leave, we will do that. 

The Gherkin is in this photo, just slightly left of center. It's that weird egg-shaped one.

Kings Cross Station is the white circular building, and the amazing red one is St. Pancras Station.

This, and grocery shopping and cleaning up the house took up a majority of the day, but we did wander around the city a bit at night, down Tottenham Court Road. It wasn't a familiar part of town, and we wanted to see the shops and restaurants, just to get a feel for the area.

Saturday, March 1

Oh, man. Are you ready for this amazingness? At 7:00am, we caught the bus to Victoria Coach Station, which is the largest coach station in London. It was absolutely insane. So many busses and things, all trying to get people loaded up for tours. 

Some stats from wikipedia, to give you an idea: "There are 21 departure gates with the site covering 3.3 acres (13,000 m²). Ten million passengers use the station annually with services to 1,200 destinations in the UK and 400 in mainland Europe." Absolute madness.

But we found our tour guide, hopped on the bus, and we were outta there by 8:30am.

It's visibly evident that I'm too stoked about this.  

Do you guys even know how excited I was? Stonehenge has been at the top of my bucket list (along with Machu Picchu) since I was a tiny kid. I remember coming home from elementary school with Brock and watching Nova documentary after Nova documentary about all these ancient artifacts and world history sites. And I remember being blown away by Stonehenge. The colossal size of the stones, how old it was, the mystery around it all. No one really knew who built it, or why, or how! This just boggled my 9-year-old mind, and I knew I had to visit it someday. So I was just giddy the whole 2 hour bus ride there. 

Stonehenge is literally in the middle of nothing. So much green expanse. Beautiful. 

Stonehenge visitors center and exhibition. 

Construction of some Neolithic Era house replicas for the exhibition. 

And then I saw it. Words can't describe the absolute awe and reverence I felt. This place is just... brilliant. And I loved every single minute of it.

Seriously, kid in a candy store. This is what fulfilling life-long dreams looks like, people.  

A small grave marker right near the Heel Stone. 

This is the best-looking and most well-preserved side of the sarsen circle. Look at it! Stunning.

Get off of there, bird! You'll ruin it! 

Just perfect.
Stay tuned for a blog about the second half of our Saturday Adventure: Bath! 

Cheers!
Kami & Chris, the Pseudo-Londoners