Adventures in Bath! [England days 20 & 21]

Sunday morning we took the train to Bath! It was a thoroughly enjoyable way to travel even though we did have to switch trains at Didcot.

Poor Bronson was determined to have every eye smile upon him and seemed somewhat perplexed by those who took no notice. (Mom and dad also couldn't believe that people could resist his charms!)
First thing we did upon arriving in Bath is hoof it up to the bus area and grab a tour bus to Stonehenge. It was a 1 hour drive there and B made friends with all the girls sitting around us. We had 1 hour to explore the area and change nappy's. It was really neat finally seeing the real thing. There is a circular path around the stones that you keep to, and you can not get close enough to touch them, but you do get rather close.


After our journey back, we walked up Milsom street - Jane Austen fans take note! And arrived at our lodging at the local...


that's right, YMCA. The Bath Y is very nice, very clean and family friendly, we really enjoyed our lodging. Bath is a very expensive place to stay and even the hostel was expensive at 19 quid per person.

This is a view from our suite's window, it was off of an alleyway with a nice greenspace in front

The next day we went to the Jane Austen Centre. I had a blast there!

We took tea at the Regency Tea room at the Jane Austen Centre. 10 am is not too early for Willoughby's wickedly chocolate cake, is it?



After wandering the city we spent the rest of the afternoon in the park at city centre. It cost 1 pound admission per person, but was beautiful and well maintained and had nice folding chairs for everyone's use. We spent about 4 hours here. Bronson played, MAtthew read and I drew. Then we all napped.
We then walked the 10 minutes to the train station and returned home. I loved Bath and hope to go back and spend some major time there. Lots of art galleries to see and plenty of art supply stores to keep me in my medium.