Wales trip with photos, part 3d

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From Chepstow castle we crossed into England and headed to Bath.
http://www.romanbaths.co.uk

England is not far from chepstow.

Just go across the bridge.

And, there you are.


I’m not sure it is as pretty as Wales is. (The other side of the same river…)

But, there are still many sheep.

It is a nice drive.


20 months ago when I was last there we drove through Bath. So, I knew the traffic was bad. But, we had not stopped at the baths in Bath, so I only had a vague idea where they were.
Google got us to the city without much problem. But, started taking us in circles once we got there.



Finally we parked, got out and walked. Google said it wasn’t far.


And, this time anyhow, Google was right.


The reason we couldn’t drive to it is that it is right in the middle of a big shopping area where they don’t allow cars. So, Google put us in an infinite loop going around trying to get there…


But, we found it and it is very nice.


They have an extensive museum attached with lots of interesting things.





They have lots of Roman coins from some hordes found nearby.





Some of the original Roman folks are still there and part of the tour. Granted less than active part…


It’s nice to have a museum where you can touch things.


I would have paid to get in just to see this.


Of course, the spring and baths are still there.








They have costumed folks working there.

Their job seems to be up-sell you the banquet they have there. Maybe some other trip.

It seems like all our late fall trips involve us walking on glass walkways…

OK, last year’s was higher up..
http://fbhjr.livejournal.com/944967.html

Once we finished we had the problem of "where did we park?"


But, when we came out of the garage there was a pie shop with some nice meat pies.
I found that again no problem.
And, from there, our car.
So, my stomach saved the day!

From there we drove off to the hotel in lovely Swindon.
OK. It was to set us up for the next morning. I've got nothing against Swindon. I'm sure it is very nice. But, it is also near things we wanted to see.

Comments

[resonant.livejournal.com]

Not even safe to touch!

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

I'm told there are things in it that are not good to have on your skin.
They do have a place where it is filtered and you can drink it.
It tastes like bath water. But, what do you expect...

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

it;s sad, though, isn't it? i mean that people used to go there to cure illnesses, and now that water isn't even safe to touch? or maybe it never was? kind of creepy and sad.

[becofoz]

You're bringing back memories now. I love Bath. Visited the town three times, and the baths twice. It's a beautiful place.

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

Wow that is so cool, I didn't know how much more involved the site was with displays and things like coin hoards for days.
For whatever reason I thought it was 'just' the bathhouse building
maybe it's because so many friends/people I know who've gone there always post pictures about the bath itself and
how one is not supposed to drink/touch the water in it. *shrug*

Anyway…Cool stuff.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

There is quite a bit in the museum.
And, a bunch of the walls are "windows" into history where they project actors doing things from the times the baths were Roman...

[endlessblush.livejournal.com]

Bath is a place I've always wanted to go .. it looks amazing. Thanks for taking so many photos.

[meathiel]

I love Bath and I loved the Roman Baths and the museum - it's so well done.

You didn't go see the Royal Crescent and the Circle???

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

No. We were on a fairly tight schedule and had picked things in advance.
So, there were lots of interesting things we skipped.

[yesididit2.livejournal.com]

i didnt know baths bath is deemed unsafe to bathe in. doesnt seem all that surprising though.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

So very cool. Though I tink I would have passed on tasting the water.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

It comes out of a water fountain and they give you little paper cups.
So, it is VERY different from it just running through some stones at your feet.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. ok. =)