By: Benedict Smythe
Submitted: 2008-11-21 13:48:28 | Word Count: 527
After a stressful year at work, you finally have the chance to take your vacation and forget about all your problems and concerns (even for just a while). If you’ve wanted to go to the United Kingdom, chances are that England is on that long list of places you want to visit. Here are a number of places and events that you could visit during your stay in England.
Stonehenge
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A vacation in England is just incomplete without visiting Stonehenge. Upon getting to the County of Wilshire, you will be captivated by the lush green environment, which is a breath of fresh air (figuratively and literally) from the constant noise and busy streets of the city. Some people may wonder why you’d want to travel a couple of hours from London just to see Stonehenge, but it really is more than just a pile of rocks.
It has fascinated archeologist all over the world, because they have been standing there in a circular formation for the longest time. The puzzling thing is how ancient tribesmen got these large, heavy rocks there because these particular stones can be found at a remote location from Wilshire. They have also, for the longest time, been trying to figure out what this monument was used for.
Its position made some experts believe that it was used as a cosmic clock, because of the relation of its position with the Sun and The Moon. More recent evidence has led experts to believe that the area surrounding it was a burial site, and that Stonehenge was used by druids as a place for ancient burial rituals.
Windsor Castle
Whether we’ve heard about them in fairy tales or history books, castles are striking images of power and beauty. In a lot of people’s lives, there comes a point where they’d like to live in one. Though the probability of you living in Windsor Castle goes from slim to none, you can take a tour in this captivating man made marvel. It is one of the places that the British monarch stays from time to time, and it has been standing since the time of William the Conqueror. Since that time, it has gone through a few changes depending on the taste of the ruling monarch of the time. Upon arriving in Windsor, the sight of the castle itself can be mind blowing and what more when you start the tour.
The City of London
If you are quite the night owl, then London is an ideal place to go to. With its numerous pubs, there are little chances that you don’t have anywhere to go to during the evening. In their pubs you will find a mix of locals and tourists enjoying a lager or cider. During the day, there also are a lot of places that you can go to and fill your camera memory with. One of the most famous images of London is the Clock Tower. The common misconception is that some people think that this tower is Big Ben, but the fact is that Big Ben is actually the bell inside the Clock Tower.
