Blogs from Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 10

Today we were supposed to go into London but we kind of woke up late and the weather was if so we decided to go visiting places closer to home. First we set of to a little village called Castle Combe - although its called Castle Combe, there's no castle, but it is considered England's most picturesque villages in England. It really was a beautiful village & guess what, the sun came out as soon as we got there! After having a walking around and having a pint in one of the pubs, we head off to Bath. Its a nice city with many shops and a few street performers playing music. I would have loved to go and see the Roman Baths but there was too many people by the entrance trying to go in... ... read more

The lovely town of Bath, sort of I am not joking about needing a bath. I am not the best smelling of people on a good day. We are a bit behind on blogs as we have been having trouble coordinating battery power and free internet. We actually visited Bath ahwile ago but it was so awesome we thought a belated post was due. The place is called Bath because it is centered around some old Roman bathing pools (I guess all roman things are old at this point). The Romans thought the natural spring was a gift from god (which kinda explains why their empire fell doesnt it) so they built this big temple and associated structure around it. The Romans knew their engineering because all of the plumbing still works just fine and ... read more

Conquering Heights Shane has been challenging his fear of heights regularly here in Europe. This post is about a few of our high up adventures!! Part I: Cheddar, West England We went to Cheddar on an off chance (well not really..Meg likes cheese and that decided it). We did get some really lovely cheddar cheese, and 5L of cider (Meg eagle eye spotted this farm fresh cider shop on the way in). More on the escapades of the cider later. Much to our surprise Cheddar features a gorgeous gorge..called of all things Cheddar gorge. See ajoining pics. We did a half day hike to the top of the gorge and were blessed with some lovely vistas. See the attached video of Meg's reaction! In some of the pictures you will see two jagged peaks jutting ... read more

Visited the town of Bath, known since Roman times for the hot springs. The Roman Baths were closed, but walked around the whole town for several hours. Bath is truly one of Europe's highlights as a travel destination. The weather has been perfect. Well Hot. That's quite unusual for this part of England at this time of year. Luckily N..'s cousin's car has A/C. The A/C in the other car was not working and we wilted in the Wiltshire heat on our trip to Stonehenge and Avebury.... read more

And Loving Every Minute!!! After a much more comfortable train ride to Salisbury I head for the main attraction of the town... Salisbury Cathedral. With Britain's tallest spire at over 120m, it was built in the 13th Century and miraculously survived the bombings of WWII unscathed. Later on, after talking to German pilots, it was revealed that they were under strict orders not to touch the Cathedral, as they used the spire as a landmark to guide themselves to other towns after flying over the Channel. What makes this particular Cathedral important though is it houses the best preserved of the four remaining copies of the Magna Carta, the document that almost all democratic constitutions in the world are based on. It dealt with things such as freedom for the church, trial by jury and issues ... read more