We went to Salisbury today for my job interview. The train ride went through some of the nicest countryside I've ever seen. Especially around Bath, it was absolutely incredible. Mom, Dad, Jesse, everyone, you HAVE to come see it. I mean it. I can't get over how amazing some of the landscapes are here. Everything is very rounded and full, where in Canada most landscapes are flat or pointy. You know, like pointy evergreen trees, flat-ish fields and pointy mountains V.S. roundy hardwoods and high rolling hills. The result is really beautiful.
The interview went really well, and mostly consisted of my interviewer going through a chart outlining the company's corporate ladder and departments. Kind of depressing when your job is listed at the VERY BOTTOM. Haha. So, ego problems aside, the good news is I'm probably starting work in Salisbury soon. Cool. Now, I just have to maybe find a place there... Hopefully I can stay with a friend of a friend from Ireland. Also,I may often be on away projects from Monday to Friday, (we get weekends off) so I could just live in Cardiff on the weekends during those times, and have accomodation provided during the week.
Of course, we also checked out Stonehenge, which is like 5 minutes from Salisbury. We saw this wicked Unicorn that totally speared a Liger with it's horn, and flew off into the air with guitars wailing in the background. I tried to find a picture of stonehenge airbrushed on a van, but alas, this was the best I could do.
Haha. I ACTUALLY saw a girl there with her short cropped hair shaved into the shape of a sun and it's rays. The crazy tourists are the real sights at these sites! Stonehenge was pretty much exactly how I expected it, and was pretty satisfying. The only letdown there is the crazy busy highway going around it on both sides. On one side it is barely 50 yards away! Still, the place was cool. The fields all around are just dotted with the big burial mounds of ancient kings. You can see probably 15 or so. I didn't know about them before, and found them to be maybe the most interesting part of the visit. On the way out to Stonehenge from Salisbury is Old Sarum, a HUGE mound, probably 200 yards or more across, that used to have a castle and monastery on it. It was pretty amazing to see. We waited for the bus right next to it for about an hour.
Anyway, I hope you guys are doing well. Read Nicole's blog for a likely more entertaining version of events.
Luker
One more artist's rendition...
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