Well, the Transatlantic portion of the voyage is over. My great-grandfather, who came from Prussia, made this voyage three times. What he went through to immigrate to the United States has always fascinated me, and I have always dreamed of making this trip myself. It is more than I ever imagined, with a force 10 gale to top it all off. On our first tour of the voyage, we decided to go to Stonehenge.
On the way, we drove through New Forest National Park. A unique national park where the tenant family farmers are part of the park. It used to be a royal country estate. There are free-roaming horses and other animals with small villages scattered throughout. It is amazing that now it is a public place.
We had never been to Stonehenge, which has been on our bucket list for years, so we signed up for the tour. After an hour's bus ride, we arrived at some rocks in a field. Someone said we should go see these rocks, and we did. They seemed to be good rocks. In all seriousness, they were a magnificent sight. In their simplicity, they were a season and time tracking system. This all happened in a time before history, shortly before the start of the Middle Ages.
Returning from Stonehenge, we saw Old Sarum, an example of a mid-evil hill town near Salisbury, England. In the distance, you could see fortifications and an outline of the old village on the hillside. Then, we drove through Salisbury, which still had some mid-evil features, like an old town wall and castle clock.
What a great first tour of the trip, Old England at its finest. Now it's back to the ship; it's time to prepare for the world cruise. The sights we'll see will be amazing.
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