Yesterday we visited Bath, England, and I was quite surprised. This small area is about a 2 hour train ride away from our “home” in London. Off the back I got good vibes when we arrived because the exit had a huge Burger King ad on it. I knew then and there we were saved. No…I’m kidding…well..kind of. When we walked out of the station I was surprised to see many familiar shop and candy stores. A group of us wanted to grab some food first before exploring, but nothing was open until 1pm. So, we settled for a snack at a coffee and donut shop with some others. I had a really great cinnamon donut and a sip of Emily’s bitter latte. We decided to walk around to look for some more food places and we came across a little cafe called “Rosario’s”. I sent a photo to the other group because it looked a great gluten free option. We went in and ordered. I got a delicious Chicken pesto panini and the coconut cauliflower soup. After lunch, Molly and I headed to the park to sit and people watch.
The park was very interesting because you had to pay one pound to enter which I thought was so dumb. Nevertheless, we went in and walked around, looked off onto the river, and sat on a bench just taking in the great weather. We tried to go to a cathedral, but there was a service happening so we couldn’t go in. When it came around three o’ clock we thought it would be best to head up to the meeting grounds so we can go into the Roman Bath Exhibit.
When entering the Roman baths we were given little phones that guided us through the tour of the museum. One thing that I learned on this tour was that the water in the baths were known to be healing. The water was to have healing powers that helped cure certain diseases. The son of the King of England had leoprosy and after many failed treatments nothing helped. He went into one of the baths and after being in it it seemed to cure him. It was very cool to learn, because they soon believed the place was very sacred after that.
After leaving you got to taste some of the hot spring water that would’ve been used in that time period. That water was so disgusting and warm (due to it being in the earth). I never want to taste something like that again, I felt like I could’ve gotten sick if I drank anymore. We left back to the train station to go back home. The train ride back wasn’t bad, I just watched a Terri Joe live and listened to music. Overall, great day and good time exploring with friends.
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