Stonehenge, originally uploaded by ECUK08.

The same weekend some of the students went Edinburgh others went to see Stonehenge, including Tori, Marie, Erica, Ken, Kati, Jon, Erin, Ben and Prof. Wolfe. One of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, Stonehenge is composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones. Archaeologists believe that the standing stones were erected around 2200 BC and the surrounding circular earth bank and ditch, which constitute the earliest phase of the monument, have been dated to about 3100 BC.

Scotland, originally uploaded by ECUK08.

After the long day at Oxford University on Thursday, Prof. Wolfe and Prof. Parkhouse let us have a light day on Friday by taking us to Portobello Street to see all of the local venders sell little bobbins like old wax letter seals, all kinds of jewelry, antique maps, old leather bound books, and even old war metals. Some of us came away with some real bargains. But no matter whether we found bargains or not, all of us were content that we had seen another part of London.

On Saturday three of us set out for Scotland, Edinburgh to be specific. It is a completely different world than London. Different landscape. Different architecture. The Scottish brogue. But much cooler temperatures. Nevertheless we managed to see the beautiful Edinburgh Castle. We also saw the Walter Scott monument, the Royal Museum of Scottish History, a monument to Horatio Nelson, and other numerous statues to local heroes. It was great.