| Aug 2, 2006 - Bath
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 | Bath and river Avon
| | Bath Abbey
| | Pulteney Bridge
| | row of Georgian buidlings known as 'The Circus'
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 | Roman Baths
| | cathedral at sunset
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| I have been solo the last few days in Bath while Candi went to Wales to meet some climbing friends. The nice thing about traveling alone is that it's much easier to meet people. Yesterday I took a tour to Stonehenge and met an Aussie guy who, like all other Australians, is traveling for 6 months. We ended up hanging out all afternoon and evening and had a blast. The Aussies are always such a friendly people. I also met 2 women from Texas this morning on a walking tour of the city and we had lunch together and hanging out until their bus left.
Bath is a nice city, not too big and very pretty. Most everything here is in the Georgian style of architecture and made of the same yellow sandstone as the buildings in the Cotswold's. One of the first things I did when I got here was to tour the Roman Baths, which is where the town get's it's name. There are some natural hotsprings here that have been in use since before the Romans arrived in Britain, but it was them who really developed them, buidling a temple and bathhouse here. The city is about to reopen some baths here next week, so after a quarter of a century, people will once again be able to soak in the thermal baths. I have been doing a lot of walking, just exploring the city but also taking the paths along the river out into the country, which is beautiful. The heat seems to have subsided, which is a relief. It's been raining the last few nights, but clears up by morning. My B&B is a short walk from the city center and run by a rather eccentric, 'earthy' English woman by the name of Audry. Everything in here B&B is organic, including the soap in the bathroom and cleaning products she uses. The breakfasts have been excellent. Lot's of granola, organic yogurt, free trade coffee and fresh fruit. This morning one of the other guests, an English woman who was in Bath for a holistic healing conference, asked the Audry if she had soy milk for her tea. Audry replied (in a very proper English accent) "Oh dear, I am so sorry, but I 'am afraid I can't serve soy milk any longer. You see I've just been reading an article about how soy farms are destroying the Amazon jungle and well, we just can't have that now can we?" She is a very sweet woman. Today she moved me to another room, very nice, in the front of her house. My first room was nice, but this one is great. It has huge windows overlooking a park and city in the background. I noticed she did this after finding out where I work yesterday. Coincidence? hmmmm... |
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