Today is the fourth day of our adventure during which we spent the least amount of time in London. In fact, after a delayed start (our bus was very late), we rode two hours to the town of Bath to see the town as well as the Roman Baths. The town of Bath is very different from London. It almost reminded me of Salamanca, Spain, with its stone streets not filled with cars whizzing past you. It definitely felt better to feel safer walking across the streets without worrying about the hustle & bustle of traffic.
As soon as we arrived in Bath, we had about an hour of free time. We stopped at this quaint restaurant called Bath's Buns. It was a tiny restaurant with each table having mismatching tea cup sets (I took pictures). I experienced my first English tea here by having Roseship and Hisbiscus tea! No wonder the Brits like tea so much -- they add milk with sugar to tea to make it taste better. I also ordered a potato jacket (a baked potato cut in half with whatever meat you order in the middle) and we shared a scone. It was adorable! It was definitely a great place to go for a quick lunch.
We then met up with our group to go to the Roman Baths. There was so much to see and learn but certainly not enough time! England seems to very keen on audio tours using a little walkie-talkie of sorts that everyone can carry individually to listen to as you go to each of the numbered stations. It's quite useful really. In any case, we got to take pictures inside but I missed my chance to touch the water.
Anyhow, we only had about an hour to do the Roman Baths tour before we headed back to the bus to travel to Stonehenge. It was another hour ride on the bus and by the time we made it to Stonehenge, we had less than hour to listen to the audio tour. It was very cold and beginning to rain by the time we got there. Again, we took quite a few pictures and learned about the Stonehenge rock formation. There was lots to learn today!
We had another 2-hour ride back to London on the bus. Tom and I didn't want to waste any time once we got back to our hotel room, so we as soon as we dropped our souvenirs, we headed to Swiss Cottage Station (the nearest Underground station for us). We've basically mastered the tube system and it really is as easy as everyone says it is which is a relief!
Tom and I made our way to the Tower of London station (Tower Hill) and took pictures of the Tower Bridge from a different angle. Once I learned how to use the night setting on my camera (I have to use a timer for it to work properly), I took some excellent photos of the bridge at night! We took a few more pictures before heading back to the Underground to go to Picadilly Circus. It's very similar to Times Square in NYC. After taking pictures, we spent a bit too much time in a souvenir shop nearby (oops). By the time we were done looking all around it was past 11:15pm.
It was a truly wonderful day. I could honestly spend at least a full day in Bath as it's such a lovely town. Tom and I are both looking forward to our last day in London tomorrow. Aside from the excursions we opted for, we'll also be going to Baker Street to see the Sherlock Holmes museum and Abbey Road (if you're a fan of The Beatles, then you'll understand the reference). It'll be fun!
Until next time, cheers!
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