Sunday 27 September 2015

New Discoveries - Bath, UK

Bath is a country town set in the southwest area of England.
It's known for it's hot springs and country side!

Here are my top three things to do and see -



1 - The Roman Baths
The baths were supposedly founded by Romans, may moons ago. However, they were opened in 1897 and to the trained eye, house a Victorian style in architecture. However, the real magic of this place is the water. Said to have healing powers, and said to have been blessed by a wishing god, men from all over the world for decades threw coins in to help their wishes come true.
Now the water is contaminated, and it's banned from people to touch it, it's still cool to look at, walk through, and learn about. Id you're lucky, a Roman will be walking around for you to get pics and ask any sorts of random questions.






2- Bath Abbey
Look familiar? yes, it looks like Westminster, that's because it was built around the same time. This style was very dominate for Abbeys in England at this time, and it's said to be a miniature of the mother herself.
The Abbey is of Anglican faith and used to be a Benedictine monastery. Of course, like many Abbeys around England, it was forced to change, and would have been renovated or re-built throughout the years.




3 - Bath Park
This park is absolutely stunning, and somewhere you could take the family.
This year it houses an amazing flowered sculpture to celebrate the 2015 rugby cup! Very cool.
For  bonus, and just down the road, for those of you readers out there, Jane Austin's house, where she wrote several of her most famous novels, such as Sense and Sensibility, is just around the corner, you can go for a tour, and check out some of her hand written passages, and walk the halls she did. For those writers and those who believe in the sprits, this one is for you.
Straight across from the Park there is the best ice-cream shop in the WHOLE of bath. Pick up a cone, and stroll around this amazing town.









Enjoy!
Cj, xoxo

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