More From Bath

I didn't quite finish up last night, so I'm back to post a few additional photos from my afternoon in Bath. (Apparently the pub downstairs from our room stays open only as long as the drinks are flowing. As soon as a "hen party," or bachelorette group, cleared out, the staff figured that it was as good a time as any to shut down for the night.)

Anyway, here are two more shots from the Roman Bath. I learned from perusing the posted signage that the rings around this bath area were put there by individual people grateful to be healed by the restorative powers of the spring water.





After walking around the Roman Bath and the amazing nearby shopping district, I hopped on a double-decker bus and took the guided tour of the city.



See? Me!



Do you see the ominous sky at the top edge of this shot? Well, I enjoyed the view from up top until about 45 seconds after I snapped this. At that point, it started to DUMP rain, and I scurried downstairs with everyone else.



The rest of the tour was a little wetter and grayer but no less interesting. Did you know that Bath was the social center of England in the 1700s? And that there were uber-fashionable people named Macaronis, who wore towering powdered wigs with hats perched on top, and that said hats were so high up that they could only be removed with the tip of a sword? Me neither.



And after the rain I walked around some more and found other pretty things to check out in this beautiful city. So glad that I made the trip!