Lincoln

we had a school field trip to lincoln, a town about 1 hour away. i was so thrilled to get on the bus :( it was the worst bus ride of my life, worse than the whole trip to edinburgh. i threw up for real this time. once we got off the bus it was so windy you would think that we were in chicago. i had only packed my rain coat in my backpack because there was a 60% chance of rain, so i wore my yellow raincoat all day 9-5. we split up into our groups and we learned about the roman influence, the jails there, and the cathedral. it was again very beautiful. lincoln was originally a roman town called lin-colonia and now shortened to lincoln. it used to be the most metropolitan/biggest town in england at one point only to be usurped by york. everyone moved to york or back to the country and the place was sort of a ghost town. it survived and became THE place for hangings. from all of england people were sent to lincoln to be hung. outsiders would take trains to see this as a form of entertainment. probably the most impressive thing i have seen this entire trip was 1 of the 2 existing copies of the Magna Carta. it was amazing. that document has altered history in so many ways and for the better it was crazy to see in person. lincoln was a very long day.