Yesterday was a very full day! We got out to an early start, we left the hotel around 9:30 am and didn’t get home until 11:15 pm. We took a few tubes to get to Paddington train station and then we caught a train to Bath. We almost didn’t make it on the train due to our tubes running a bit slow so we had to race to catch our train to Bath, AND THEN, we couldn’t figure out what coach we were supposed to be in so we almost missed getting on the train! But everything worked out just fine!
Once we got to the city of Bath we were free to explore until 3:15 because we had an appointment to go in to Roman baths at 3:30, there were so many stores and restaurants there that it was kind of hard to pick a place to eat because I wanted everything! A group of us just settled for a doughnut and coffee. After that, Lily Bea and I ventured over to the Jane Austen house and did the tour. It was very interesting and I learned a lot about Jane Austen and her life. After the museum tour we still had a bit of time and so we just walked around the town and looked at all the architecture, I think it was really cool to see especially because of how long these buildings have been there.
Once we all met up at 3:15 we ventured into the Roman bath! They gave us devices so that we could learn about all the different sections at our own pace which I thought was very interesting and is a good idea if you wanted to move at a different pace than everyone else. It was very interesting to see what it was like back then and how people lived because living in this time it’s hard to imagine what it looked like and how they did things, but here you could actually see what it was like. I think that my favorite part was seeing the statues of the Romans that were surrounding the second floor of the bath when you were looking down. They said that they put them there just so that it would look more Roman, and I liked it when I was on the bottom floor looking up it added a nice touch so I wasn’t just looking up at the people on the top looking down at the water. When we got to the end of the tour there was water that was safe to drink, and so I went for it. Bad idea, it tasted like the smell of rotten eggs and sulfur and it was warm. After drinking it, I gaged and said “It tastes as bad as it smells” I will not be doing that again!
After the Bath tour we caught the train back to the city of London and some of us spontaneously decided to go see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, it was a great show! It made you feel all the emotions, and I loved how each actor played more than one instrument and more than one character during the show. I would highly recommend this show to anyone! The set and the use of set pieces was amazing, there were trap doors in the floor and the set pieces they used were just crates and were used for many purposes. I also loved the lighting and the sound effects I think they brought the show together very well.
Overall, I really enjoyed our time at Bath, but I have seen it twice now once with my family a few years ago and then yesterday. I would recommend going to see it if you haven’t because I think that it is a good experience I just don’t think I need to see it again. The only advice I would give to any first timer is DON’T DRINK THE WATER AT THE END!!!! Or if you do make sure to have a backup drink with you.
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Nice, but very long, day! May have to check out The Curious Case of BB. You are all giving it rave reviews.
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