Two in One

So we haven't really had internet the past few days which is why there are no blog entries. But they are coming now so have no fear.

Let's go back to Friday. We woke up to pretty decent weather and went down to the coach station to catch the coach to Bath. However, the pleasant gentleman at the office who sold us our national express ticket for the next day recommended the train. So we took that instead. It was an absolutely lovely hour-long drive. We thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful scenery and I was deeply engrossed in my audio version of Laurie King's Locked Rooms, so all was well. Upon arrival in Bath, we headed into the Bath Abbey just as it began to rain. It was a beautiful Gothic cathedral, of course though, quite similar to the seemingly multitude of cathedrals that we've seen in the last few days. There was a fascinating exhibit in the museum next to the Abbey that went through Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Victorian, etc. times in the Abbey. And Shiri was creeped out once again by the manakin dressed as a monk kneeling infront of one of the exhibits. What's new?

Next, because it was nearly pouring now, we headed into the Bath Roman baths. It was quite pricey- 9 pounds per person with concessions that by gosh darn it I was going to make the most of it. So we listened to practically every single section of the audio guide, no matter how long winded it go. The really awesome part though was that Bill Bryson recently had been to the spas and gave his own persepective on certain things. So that was aprt of the audio guide and to hear dear old Bill give his perspective in his litling American/British vote was wonderful. I adore Bill Bryson and it got to the point where I just listened to him. Oh, and there were two guys who dressed up in Roman costume and wandered around the bath making comments, including calling us Barbarians since we were not from the 'Roman Empire'. They were cute.

After the baths, we just wandered about the town, walking up past the Jane Austen Centre (I was not paying 6 pounds for that- I don't even really like the lady) to the Circus and the Cresent (two strips of road with uber fancy houses). Then we just wandered around town, getting some Ben and Jerry's and finally deciding just to take the train back in. The rest of the night was relaxing at the hostel, packing up, trying to find an alarm clock and then eventually praying that we'd wake up in time to catch our 9:30 bus.

The next morning, I was awakened at around 8:00 but some random lady in our room. Odd but god-sent, since we were totally up in time for the bus and enjoyed a long (three hours almost) but scenic route back to London. We took the tube up to High Barnet to where Dan lives (the person that we're staying with) and then after getting settled and finding the footpath to the tube, went back into central London. We wandered around the Covent Garden area, listening to the random people singing and performing in the square, wandered through the Apple Market, walked around a ton, got chewed out (as a group) by a palace guard and eventually went to dinner at Pizza Express by Picadilly.

All in all, it was a nice two days of seeing things, walkinig around, injuring our feet and enjoying the finally beautiful weather England often has to offer.