Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Beautiful Bath

After travelling by tube and rail we ended up in the beautiful town of Bath. The first thing we did was take a tour of the town on a double-decker bus.

The wind was whipping up on the top deck of the bus, but we braved the chilly weather and enjoyed seeing the Royal Crescent, Bath Abbey, and the Jane Austen Centre, where Persuasion, one of her most famous novels takes place. After seeing the sights, we moved on to the Roman Baths. There are four main parts of the Roman Baths: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House, and the museum. Our favorite part was just walking around the Great Bath outside and posing like the Romans would have.
Well maybe we looked more Egyptian than Roman, but we had fun anyway! At the end of our tour around the Baths, a few of us were even brave enough taste the water, which is said to have natural healing powers. Even though it made most of us gag, we felt great after we got the taste out of our mouths. So who knows, maybe it has some healing powers after all? The rest of the day was spent exploring the town, grabbing a quick bite to eat, and shopping of course! More adventures to come, cheerio!

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