Bath is the first place we've been to that I knew about before we arrived to England. It was cool to see it in real life. It was as posh as I had imagined,
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| Poor kid pretty much spent the entire day in the stroller as we stuffed him with snacks. Wait, not poor kid, lucky kid! That's the life. |
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| We are unashamed tourists consulting our Lonely Planet guidebook everywhere we go. Here we are at the Circus, 33 fancy townhomes built in a circle. |
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| Bath became the center of the rich and luxurious in England when these homes were built in the 18th century. |
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| Then this, the Royal Crescent. Built same time as the Circus. Again, coulda/shoulda toured one of them (which is an option) but the poster for tours described "seeing the house put to bed for winter." I don't wanna see a bunch of furniture covered in sheets so we'll hold out for another place and time. |
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| A yellow door for Becca |
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| Me and Georgian Architecture |
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| Bath Abbey |
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| Inside |
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| Our best family photo of the day. View of the Abbey from the Baths. Love you Tru! |
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| Audio Tour! The Roman baths were originally built in 70 AD but were neglected and covered up from flooding. Then in the 18th century it was unearthed and brought back to life. The same people who built the Circus and Royal Crescent added to what architecture was already there to make it accessible to all of us. They had lots of original architecture from Roman times as well as carvings of Roman gods, who also bore similarities to Celtic gods/legends showing the combining of culture that occurred when the Romans came. Cool stuff! |
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| Cuties! |
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| Vincent drinking Bath water- ew! |
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| Our Roman Soldier |
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| Pultenay Bridge and Avon river |
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| Guess the movie that has scenes of this bridge and area of the river! Vinny told me about it and I didn't believe him so we went home and looked it up and whaddyaknow? he was right. I was wrong. Not the first or the last time that will happen. |
Should I start playing the lotto? Cuz that sounds like a great idea to me! And what movie??
ReplyDeleteLes Mis!
Deleteoh my gosh, Bath! Isn't that where Jane Austen ladies always go to heal what ails them? I think we all might be feeling feverish in the spring and need to travel to Bath to calm our poor nerves.
ReplyDeleteAgreed
DeleteTru's q-tip hair = the best.
ReplyDeleteAnd I feel like there are scenes from some of the Bourne movies shot there, but I'm probably wrong.
That's a good guess, Matt. I had to double check but the Bourne movies were mostly in France and Italy and then London. It's actually Les Miserables, Javier's/Russell Crowe's suicide.
DeleteThese photos are amazing! The Royal Crescent blows my mind! That is massive! Its such a bummer that you weren't able to see much!
ReplyDeleteI love the little blurb at the end regarding Vin and his lack of interest in fancy restaurants and the like. Papa Hess has always said "Vinny is so tight if he stepped over a penny his bum cheeks would snap to pick it up." Which is true.
I want the soldier in battle fighting for me. What a little stud!
The bridge from Les Mis, eh? Neat!