Spent the week at various doctors appointments. Back on antibiotics, I did a lot of sleeping and relaxing at Ross's house.
Friday October 19 /12
Off to Bath with Ross, arriving in the late evening. We checked into our hotel and set off for some dinner. We found a nice restaurant with Spanish tapas, which were delicious. We hit up a couple pubs, Ross had a couple beers and enjoyed some different fruit juices.
Up early to see the beautiful city of Bath.
This is the Bath Abby. An Anglican parish church founded in the 7th century. Rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries and major restoration work was carried out in the 1860s giving it its Gothic architectural look you see in this picture.
Next to the Bath Abby is the famous Roman Baths museum.
Ross and I did an audio guided tour through museum.
The temple was constructed in 60-70 AD and the bathing complex was gradually built up over the next 300 years. The baths were modified in the 12, 16 & 18th centuries.
The museum houses artifacts from the Roman period including objects which were thrown into the Sacred Spring, presumably as offerings to the goddess.
It was an interesting tour.
After, we walked around the city.
An area called the circus, was highly rated on trip advisor's top things to do in Bath.
So we checked it out, but it was not so exciting. Just a circle of buildings.
An example of Georgian architecture from 1754 - 1768.
Not really knowing what else to do, we checked out the Herschel Museum of Astronomy.
A small museum in Herschel's former home.
The museum opened in 1981 and is dedicated to Herschel and his major contributions to astronomy.
William Herschel manufactured telescopes and made his most famous discovery, the planet Uranus in 1781, using a telescope of his own design.
Next stop, Bristol, England.
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