Aquae Sulis

Shwmae from Bath! (Shwmae is hello in Welsh, I am learning a tiny bit!)

Monday morning, I hopped on another train with my friends Kirsten W. and Olivia. We travelled to the nearby city of Bath. The weather was freezing. Normally I wouldn't mind, but the wind was especially nasty.

Anyways, Bath is so-called because of the Roman Baths built around the hotsprings there.

Queue of schoolchildren

The water did look appealing, but it's not safe for people to jump in. Lots of nasty stuff in there.

The Great Bath viewed from the walkway above.

Walkway

Hello, Bath Abbey

Kirsten photobombing

It fascinating to see all the Roman artefacts. 

The famous Gorgon of Bath

Evidence of soldiers in Bath 

Skeletal Roman

Hippocampus mosaic

Roman dog!

Minerva Sulis, divine patroness of the hot springs

Roman curses written on lead and left for Minerva Sulis to enact.

Roman coins through the ages, fished from the pools. Some are even counterfeit!

Roman coins 

What the baths looked like back in Roman times

The baths outside were awesome.

Me beside the Great Bath

Schoolchildren in fluorescent vests 

There's a guy dressed as a Roman! He walked by Oliva and me with a hearty "Salve".

The cold "Plunge Pool". Those shiny bits are all coins.

Being a good Celt, I threw money into the pool.

We got lunch at a proper pub. It was nice to get out of the cold for a while with a steak bap and cider! 

Such an awesome table/chair set just outside a tearoom

Out and about in Bath

We then went to Bath Abbey.

I love the ceiling detail! 

My love of Gothic Architecture will never, ever die.

America! 

Here are some more exterior shots and some pictures of Bath.

The colour of the buildings reminded me of Dijon a little bit (ugh, so who's the posh one now?).

We had planned on staying in Bath for longer, but the wind was too cold to be strolling around in. After getting a cup of Earl Grey, we headed back to the train station (our tickets were valid around 8pm but they didn't come around to check them, so I guess we snuck by...). 

Afterwards, I had a lovely dinner with Olivia. I made french toast and streaky bacon. We had some cider and discussed life in Cardiff. It was awesome.

Yum, yum, yum.

Something else random I noticed, the newer pence coins make a picture when you put them together.

Fancy!

I'll be sifting through my photos from York super soon as well as gearing up for further travels.

Cheers!