Bath's Wondrous Waters

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So Bath (Baath) is known for its wondrous waters. The Romans built a huge bath complex here some 2000+ years ago. There is a sacred spring pumping heated water at an amazing rate. We toured the site and took loads of photos. I always am surprised at the how innovative the Romans were. What an amazing people. You can only imagine what it must have been like back then coming to the baths. From the fragments of sculpture, portions of tiled floor and the remains of heated floors in dark rooms, one gets a sense that this place was grand. Check out the website for more information: http://www.romanbaths.co.uk

Bath (Baath) is a small town and very easy to do on foot. Lots of shopping. The river Avon flows through and was overflowing its banks while we were there. The Royal Victoria park is amazing. And of course the architecture. The circus and crescent (see photos). We went to the Star Inn a pub featuring Bath's Abbey Ales Bellringer beer (http://www.abbeyales.co.uk). Not bad but the highlight was the kegs of Bass that were laying on their sides draped in cooling blankets. They were gravity fed which means no gas pushing the beer. It was lovely. We had lunch at Rummers. Butcombe beer was on tap, I had one and it was great. You can imagine the the comments we were making. Tough name. For dinner we went Indian at Bengal Brasserie. It's located on Milsom Street downstairs. It is very nice with lots of booths so you have some privacy. And the food was yummy.

We were in bed early because we had to get up at a ridiculous hour to go to Stonehenge.

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