Cemya Buchkovich: UK Day 13: Bath and Stonehenge

For our bank holiday entertainment we again turned to Evans Evans Sightseeing. Just like the last trip our day started with an early morning train ride into London and subsequent travel to the coach station. This time the coach headed west towards Bath. This beautiful city was fascinating. The city is the site of remains of an ancient Roman baths and the of a roman temple. The extensive network of baths were fed by a hot spring. Bath was built around these springs and during the Georgian era when the city as we know it today was planned and built with a certain limestone called bath stone. Many of the buildings follow Georgian architecture and most (even modern buildings) are built with bath stone creating impressive and picturesque views. The coach drove us around the city to see come of the sites then dropped us off nearby the Roman bath. It was amazing how much Roman history and culture were captured by the baths. After finishing our self-guided tour we walked around the city and enjoyed some meat pasties and gelatto for lunch.

We next guided the coach and headed towards Stonehenge. At first site the structure was a little underwhelming (at least Martin thought so) but as you walked around it was hard not to be caught up in the spirit and majesty of the place. Left in awe as we exited the site, we boarded the coach and headed back to London. For our last meal (in a London restaurant that is) we chose Lebanese in South Kensington. It was delicious. Completely stuffed, we headed back to the station and started our final train ride home.

By the end of the trip Kelten was a seasoned train rider and enjoyed inserting the ticket in to the turn stiles.

Georgian architecture at Bath

The black on the buildings is soot from the coal burned in each of the fireplaces represented by a chimney in the picture. Bath has since gone a little greener and limits the number of working fireplaces.