Historic snooty Bath

Bath was the spa town that the English royalty and nobles escaped to to relax. The soothing mineral waters were a cure-all for rheumatism, dropsy, gout, pleurisy and all kinds of other illnesses only the wealthy are entitled to get. The town grew up around the mineral springs and many of the Georgian and Victorian abodes of the pecunious denizens still stand today.

Day Thirteen (Sweating through Bath, Stonehenge and London)

July 25th 2006
Despite the lack of air conditioning I got a good night's sleep in my rather modern looking hotel room. Breakfast was unexceptional again. I guess the breakfasts I find unappetizing are the continental ones. This morning's was primarily cereal products and toast. Give me bacon, eggs and baked beans every time. The morning was already stinking hot as we tried to repack the every expanding pile ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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