That's how many days until I come home. Needless to say, I'm excited to go home, but it also feels like there's still a lot here I want to do. And I will have time; it's just that I need to be aware of how I'm spending my time. I do have two very exciting trips coming up. Tess and I are going to Cornwall (southwest coast of England) over Easter break (Friday to Monday) and we're going to be hiking from town to town, starting in Penzance and staying in a different B&B each night. It should be lot of fun. It's a coastal path with about 12 miles between each town. A test of endurance, certainly, but I'm really looking forward to it. And then, we're going to Cardiff (capital of Wales) at the end of the semester for 3 days. There are a bunch of castles and and national park nearby that I hope we get to spend a lot of time in.
Also, yesterday, we went to Stonehenge. It was a really incredible and I think it was built 1) as a gathering point, which it is still doing, and 2) as a testament of humanity's spirit. It was built to last, which it has, and to impress people, which it does. I think it was built to say, "We were here and we are leaving our mark and our mark does not end after we die." I was inspired by it and wrote a little about it about how I think that's what the soul is: vaguely our impressions and memories and our impact. I still need to work on that definition a little, but it involve a metaphor with a vine as well, with roots and flowers and rain and wilting.
Overall, Stonehenge was worth the journey. I got some really cool pictures and I was very impressed by it.
