We arrived there late morning, and headed straight for the ruins of the Roman Baths. Around 60 AD, the Romans built an impressive temple and bathing complex over natural geothermal hot springs... and it still works today just the way it did then. The ruins are extensive and very well preserved-- it kept the five of us fascinated for several hours.
When everyone had satisfied their curiosity about the ruins, we headed up the hill toward the Circus and the Royal Crescent. The Circus and Crescent are an amazing set of curved Georgian buildings designed by the architects John Wood (the elder) and his son John Wood (the younger) in the 1750's. If you click on the links, you can see some great photos-- it was difficult to get decent photos of the unique structures with our camera.
After a late lunch in a local pub, we wandered down to the Pulteney Bridge. This bridge is distinguished because it is one of four bridges in the world that has shops built along both sides of the street. In reality it was mildly disappointing, because as you walk down the street you can't even see or hear the river, so it might as well be a regular street. But the view of the span over the River Avon, is really nice from a vantage point further down Grand Parade street.
By this time it was late in the day and time to return home. (We didn't have any Jane Austen fans in the group, so we skipped the museum dedicated to her.) All in all, we decided that Bath was a pretty impressive place that had exceeded our expectations.
--Deb
1 comment:
Nice picture! You both look like you're in a band posing for the cover of an album.
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