Wednesday, June 6, 2007

From Britain with love

So, I am in Britain now. Spent 9 days in London. Though the weather there was mainly unpleasant -- rainy and very cold -- I did enjoy this city of great museums where I spent most of my time. However it was not enough. Will try to visit more museums on the way
back. But now I have started my grand tour of the British Isles. The weather substantially improved and I enjoy tremendously the charming medieval city of Salisbury. Its huge beautifully preserved cathedral was built in 1258 and has not been changed since then. On the outskirts of town lies Old Sarum -- an old very impressive hill-fort occupied since Iron Age. After the Normans invasion in 1066 William the Conqueror built there his palace and surrounding town. Now everything is in ruins, but very impressive ramparts and moats just breathe with power. And the primeval power of the nearby prehistoric Stonehenge does not need my introduction. It is world famous. The archaeologists still cannot agree whether it was a giant astronomical calender or a place of sun worship and ritual sacrifices. So much has been written about it that you do not need to listen about its mysterious influences on my mystical soul.

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