Bath

This past Saturday, I went on a day trip to the city of Bath. This was the most beautiful city I have seen yet in the United Kingdom. Not only is it packed with history and things to see, but with just a walk down the street, you are consumed with it's picturesque scenes.

The first stop we made was to Bath Abbey. The current structure was completed in 1611, however, a church has been on this sight since 757. The Abbey was first built by Anglo Saxons and later rebuilt by Normans in 1090. This is a church life of over twelve and a half centuries! The east window is a marvelous stained glass spectacle of 56 scenes of the life of Jesus Christ.

The next stop was to the Roan Baths. In fact, it was a spring that brought ancient people to Bath and what keeps visitors coming back today. But this isn't just and ordinary spring, this water comes out of the ground at 46 degrees Celsius. When the Romans arrived in this area, they figured this must be a sacred spring, so on the sight, they built a Great Bath where people could come to bathe and be healed, as well as a temple to the goddess Silus Minerva, who had healing powers. Bath is a city that has been destroyed and they built on top of. So after the Romans used the Bath, the Victorians came and built a terrace around and above it. So the sculpture that can be seen in the picture below on the right is Victorian, while the pool structure below is Roman. The water only appears green now because it is exposed to sunlight. At the time it was used as a bath, there was a shelter on top, keeping the water crystal clear.

The Royal Crescent is a long arc shaped row of 30 connected houses designed by John Wood in a Georgian style. It is absolutely stunning....I would want to live here! He also helped to design houses down the street built in a circular fashion around a roundabout know as The Circus.

We also enjoyed view of the Pulteney Bridge.