今天是PJG需要在英国开车的最后一天，上午首先去了巨石阵。大概离我俩这次旅行唯一的一个酒店住宿地方一个小时的车程。PJG其实已经去过那里。巨石阵是英国，也是人类最著名的史前古迹之一，它的建造起因和方法至今仍是個不解之謎。
Today is the last day that we will be driving in England, and this morning we went first to Stonehenge. It’s about an hours drive from the only actual hotel accommodation on our entire trip. PJG had been to Stonehenge before, once as a young boy and then again in 2002. Stonehenge is in the UK and is also one of the most famous prehistoric monuments in the world. Its construction and ultimate purpose are still a puzzling mystery.
我俩快到目的地的时候，在路上就能很清楚的看到了巨石阵，真的是很壮观。到了售票处，我一看两个人需要40英镑，真的是太贵了啊，花了门票钱也不就是近了了几百米看吗！？难怪网上很多人说真的不需要花门票钱去看。所以我果断的决定不进去看, 哈哈哈哈 
然后我俩开车再次路过，我就拍下了上面和下面的照片 （照片上显示的比较小因为手机的相机都是偏广角镜头，其实人眼看的话还是很近的。）还有另外一个办法就是可以把车停在卖门票的地方的停车场里（停车是免费的），然后沿着A303走，就可以走到可以很好的远观巨石阵的地方。话说James的父亲在1949年和James在1968年来这里的时候是可以走上前去并亲手碰触到巨石阵的，现在即使花了门票也是有围栏不能靠近的。
As we approached the destination, we could see Stonehenge very clearly from the motorway. It’s really spectacular. At the ticket office, we see that for two people it is 40 pounds, really way too expensive! Seems crazy to spend that much money and still be nearly a hundred meters from it!? No wonder many people on the internet say they you really do not need to pay for the tickets to see it. So we decided not to pay to go in, haha 😂😂😂😄😄 and instead we drove by again more slowly. I took the above photo and the photos below while driving. The photo makes it seem relatively small because the camera is a wide angle lens, but in fact, you are very close. Another option we didn’t take is to park the car in the parking lot where the tickets are sold (parking is free), and then walk along the A303, where you can get to a point to view Stonehenge (but still almost as close). In the past, James on their trips were able to walk up and touch Stonehenge when they were here many years ago, but now there’s a fence so you can’t get close even if you buy tickets.
第二个顺路停留的地方是在埃姆斯伯镇里(Amesbury )的乔治旅店- George’s Hotel 。PJG的父亲在1949年的旅行时在这里住过。据旅店里的工作人员说，这栋房子已经有700多年的历史了。
The second stop was to George’s Hotel in Amesbury, in Exeter. Based on his father’s photos and descriptions we speculated that his father stayed here when he was traveling to Cornwall in 1949. According to the hotel staff, the house has a history of more than more than 700 years!
终于在盖特威克机场还了租的车，坐上了去伦敦的城际火车。火车票还真不便宜，17.1英镑一张！ 大概不到40分钟就到了去取PJG早就购买好了的伦敦全面观光一卡通的地方。取了卡，走路10多分钟到了我俩Airbnb (民宿)的地方。这10多分钟的走路路程，让我真的喜欢上了我伦敦。这里真不愧是世界的都市，不仅是现代，可以看到来自那么多不同国家的人，还有那么多各式风格的古典建筑，真正体现了英国这个具有古典情怀的国家，这些保存尚好的建筑是还是人们居住和经营的地方，已经成为了人们生活的一部分。下面是我在路上拍的一些建筑及店铺酒馆等的照片。明天开始会在伦敦停留7天，希望能够更好的了解伦敦。
Finally we returned the car to the Gatwick Airport and took the intercity train into London. The train ticket is really not cheap, 17 pounds a piece! It probably took less than 40 minutes to get to the place where PJG bought a six day pass travel pass for London. After we picked up the pass we walked about 10 minutes to our Airbnb. This little more than 10-minute walk really made me feel like we’re in London. This is really a city of the world, not only modern, but you can see people from so many different countries, and there are so many styles of classical architecture – it really expresses the British feelings of the country. These well-preserved buildings, although very old, still have people living and working in them, and are a part of people’s lives – n.b. not just tourist attractions. Here are some photos of the buildings, shops and pubs that I took while walking. We will stay in London for seven days and I am hoping to gain a better understanding of London by the time we leave!
