Went to Stourhead Gardens today. They are absolutely gorgeous. They had major significance for me, haha. Pride and Prejudice (with Keira Knightley) was filmed there. The scenes that were filmed there are my favorite in the entire film, and I have studied them for classes in high school and Freshman year at BYU. They are the scenes when Elizabeth Bennet is sitting in a church meeting learning that Mr. Darcy has ruined her sister’s relationship with Mr. Bingley. There is an awesome focus pull from Darcy to Elizabeth as he looks up at her. Then the scene changes to her running across a bridge through the pouring rain. She gets out of the rain by taking shelter at the Temple of Apollo. At the Temple of Apollo is where Darcy surprises her by following her and then confessing his love for her, after first insulting her and her family. Love, love, love those scenes, and love Mr. Darcy! I’m sad I didn’t find him while visiting the gardens! (P.S. We love scaffolding!)
After Stourhead Gardens, we went to Jane Austen’s house. Not very thrilling. We wandered around there for a bit, but nothing particularly notable sticks out in my mind.
We went to Winchester Cathedral next. They gave us way too much time to spend there, so we spent a lot of that time just wandering aimlessly through the city until the coach came. The Cathedral was very beautiful though. It is where Jane Austen is buried, and there is a nice memorial there for her. I think the cathedrals we have seen are all very beautiful, but they are starting to blur together a bit.
So we got £5 for dinner, so Allyson and I went to Marks and Spencer’s for dinner to get there really good soup. Unfortunately they were completely sold out! Instead I found this awesome Mediterranean dinner mix. For £3 I got stuffed grape leaves, hummus, tzatziki, mixed olives, falafel, and some other potato/cheese fried ball thing. It was very good! Haha I love when I “make” money, and have leftovers for another meal. Good times.
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