Blogs from Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 5

Yet again, our choice was Discover Dorset tours to explore Bath. Their walking tours are good and their tours start from Bournemouth. Bath is famous for its Roman Baths – the hot water spring baths. We were picked up by the Discover Dorset tour mini bus at the Bournemouth station. There were already other tourists in the bus from different countries. We then headed off towards Bath. Arriving in Bath, we walked straight towards The Royal Crescent. It gets its name because of its shape. A perfect crescent with windows on its walls – a great symmetrical architecture, I must say! I wondered what those windows and doors on its wall were. Our Discover Dorset walking tour guide, Jim, told the history of the crescent. It is a row of 30 terraced houses ! After standing ... read more

I've survived! 6 weeks working at the OU are over and I didn't go completely bonkers! There I was at Heathrow- the bags were pacled, the money was secured and I wasn't hungover. It felt like a good day to be alive :) Or so i thought. Ok, so the day wasn't terrible but long haul flights really drain a guy! The food was ok, the films pretty ace (The Expendables! The Shawshank Redemption!) but sleep was minimal. Tunrs out the booze on the flight was free too but no rum. No Mojito :( I was strange to think I had been to Delhi, albeit very breifly, and then I happened to find myself in Bangkok. Incidently, security at Bangkok airport is as quick and efficient as London! Bangkok is like a more modern and cleaner ... read more

Today, we visited Wells & Bath. In Wells, the famous Wells Cathedral was advised to visited. Bath is known about it Roman Baths. The old Romans build a whole temple complex around a geothermal spring. So, this day was full of (historical) culture. Around 9 am we left with the bus to Wells. Wells, is the smallest city (not a town!) in England, but also famous about its Cathedral. This cathedral is ornate with 300 sculptress, whereas 150 of them are life-size. The building of this cathedral started in 1175. However, historians think that at the year of 705 another church stood on this place. And the entrance was free, however a photo permit was 3 pounds. We bought one. Again, this cathedral was big, and similar "gothic" building. We took the stairs "Chapter House Steps" ... read more

Want to know more? here we go!What are our objectives?The objective lies in understanding the potential of entomophagy (i.e. the consumption of insects) to provide an environmentally sustainable solution to malnutrition for communities with low protein intake.... read more

We started off our France trip with a day trip to Bath. Yes, it seems a bit out of the way to go to Bath first, but we like to be complicated and pack everything in. The reason for Bath is that we were planning to take the overnight ferry from Portsmouth, England to St. Malo, France, and we didn't want to waste a day of our vacation, so we stopped in at Bath for a few hours by bus, and then we took the train from Bath to Portsmouth to catch the ferry. Bath was a beautiful town. Unfortunately we had less time than we thought we had to explore, especially since we had to drop our heavy backpacks off at a hostel to store for the day so we didn't have to lug them ... read more