A Georgian building

The River Avon

Assembly Rooms

Assembly Rooms

Fashion Museum

Victorian getup

Mineral water fountain

Taking the waters!

Mon 8 – Tues 9 June 2015

After another long drive we made it to the South! Bath was a fine example of Georgian architecture…everything Natalie had expected and hoped it would be. After checking into the YMCA (yes, it was fun to stay there – even in the 12 bed mixed dorm!), around 1:30pm, we raced off to the Fashion Museum located in the basement of the Assembly Rooms.

We brought our bathing suits with us hoping to have a quick plunge in the medicating waters at the Roman Baths – come to find out that you couldn’t actually swim in them. Coming from ‘Hadrian’s Wall country’ and the fact that we will be visiting Italy later on in our trip, we decided to give them a miss. Natalie really wanted to try the new baths, which pumped the famous hot springs, but it was a little out of our price range (£32 per person for 2 hours – yikes! perhaps next time?).

After touring about the Assembly Rooms and half of the Fashion Museum, Natalie realized that the memory card for the camera was still in the computer which was back in the car that was parked a few miles away. Whilst dashing off back the car, Natalie lost her lovely white hat that she scoured Sarasota for – it was never found. Then we hurried back to the Fashion Museum, as it closed at 5pm, and started again – taking lots and lots of pictures!!

We then headed off to discover more of Bath and sat in front of the Roman Baths listening to a street performer. We used our student discount and treated ourselves to a Pizza Express. Then went in search for a pub quiz. The advertised pub quiz wasn’t on as the students have left – poor excuse! So we found another one. We came in last of three teams but it was a good time – we did pretty well in the history, Roman mythology and Star Wars vs Game of Thrones categories – we never really stumble across a quiz that plays to our strengths! We then snuggled down – if you could call it that – into our 3 high bunk beds. No thanks to the Americans who packed and left at 3am and the 2-3 other men soaring it was a decent sleep.

The following morning was a little jam packed. After not fitting his full size acoustic guitar in the car, Matt decided he better buy something a little more suited for travel – a guitalele (another instrument for the collection!). At the same time, Natalie went in search for a replacement hat. We met up at the Bath Abby for a 2 hour free city walking tour. We discovered and learned a lot about the city. Then a quick bit of lunch and we were off for our next leg of the UK journey…