Trip to Bath, Part 1

Before this whole adventure unfolded, I went and saw the play 'The 39 Steps.' I really enjoyed it. It was rife with British humor and quick changes with only four actors playing over 15 different characters. I laughed a lot.

There we are, the girls of the Lawrence group.



So, my first weekend, coming up, we (the Lawrence students) decided to go to Bath for the weekend. It was really cool.

Here Greg and I are waiting after class to go to the Paddington train station. We just couldn't hold our excitement! I know mom, I look like an idiot, but I love it.


When we got to the station, we got there 45 minutes before our train left, so we went over to a pasty shop. The pasties were really good, but while we were eating them in the "terminal" of the train station, there was this one Lurker Pigeon that would NOT. GO. AWAY. I kinda loved him. :B

He was so funny. And really disheveled.

Then we got on the train and went off!


Once we got to Bath, we went to the hostel we were staying at, St. Christopher's Inn. It was actually nice for a hostel. We stayed in a room all together. That night we pretty much just wandered around looking at the places we could visit because everything closed around 6.

Paloma, look! It's Pylons!!!! I was so excited. I saw the toasters... I would have totally taken one to school.



These are just some pictures of places I saw while exploring.

We had dinner at a nice Thai place, (Not Jamie Oliver's, unfortunately).

After that I went back to the hostel because I wasn't feeling well, but I had a nice lie in (I'm already sounding so British) and got some good rest.

The next day was packed full of stuff to do. First thing in the morning, I went with Tara to the Bath Abbey to go on the Tower Tour. The abbey was beautiful, and the tower was VERY tall. Approximately 212 steps up a winding and tight staircase.

Out on the lower part of the roof with Tara.

All these pictures are from the top of the tower. There are more on my facebook, if you want to see them.

After the Abbey, Greg, Tara and I went to the Jane Austen Museum and had tea. It was very lovely, but unfortunately at that moment my camera was running out of battery and I wanted to save some power for the next main event: Stonehenge!

I thought it was really nice. All peaceful-like. The air was fresh, the sky was only a bit cloudy, and when the sun shone through, it was so... calm. I'm glad I went.

Stay tuned or Part 2!!

Hugs,

Sophie & Greg