The question is.... how does one celebrate amidst the very people we are... er... celebrating against? The answer is, quite obviously, Stonehenge!!!!
Included in this day trip was a stop in Salisbury where we saw an original copy of the Magna Carta, which, as you may know, inspired our very own constitution. I felt it was a decent nod to the celebrations occurring back home. We also went to Bath and saw the Roman Baths. It finally felt like we were in Europe. London felt too... familiar. Walking around we could have been in Manhattan or Austin or even San Francisco depending on where we were in the city. But Bath had palpable history and culture. We wished we could have spent more time there.
There we also had our first of I'm hoping hundreds of Happy Accidents, which was this guy playing a really interesting steel drum. He was very talented. See him behind Triangle Man and Dr. Scientist there:
Then some time to relax and contemplate:
Then back to the city. We tried to meet up with Latoya, who would be familiar to all of you who are Go Bears. The thing is, see, is that it was London Pride that day. We knew she was in SoHo, but so was every queer and queen as well. Dr. S and I were SO happy to get at least a taste of Pride, and I felt it was another great nod to America to participate.
When we (meaning he) had finally had enough we headed back toward the Underground. Except that Dr.S and I had to pee, so we ducked into the first pub we saw, which just happened to be the first pub Jimi Hendrix played at in the UK and was his rehearsal space while he was here. And it was a Guinness Pub!!! 
AND Willie came on the TV!!!!!! 
I am hoping he will be my stalker on this journey. So cool. We, of course, had a Guinness, our second historical beer of the adventure. 
A final and fitting tribute to the U.S.A.
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Your Stonehunge/Bath tour is the same one Jacob and I took on our trip to the UK. Glad you enjoyed it! We did too. Jolene is doing well, so no worries. Hugs from Heather & Jacob
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