Stonehenge and Bath

Today we went to Stonehenge and Bath and I loved it.

It was a beautiful day because it didn't rain. It was a little windy at Stonehenge, however, we were just glad it wasn't raining. I couldn't believe how close it was to the motorway. People were just driving right by it. An interesting fact I learned is that there are two different types of stone used. You can tell the two apart by touching them. One type is colder than the other.
After pictures at Stonehenge we headed to Bath.

Driving into the city was beautiful. You see this massive city with buildings surrounded by lush green.

I went to Bath Abbey first. Before entering Bath Abbey we began to notice all of the oddly colored and named pig statues. These pig statues are all over. They actually have a map of where all the pigs are so you can find them. When a Celtic prince was banned from his kingdom because of leprosy he became a swine herder. One day the pigs happened upon the mud of the Roman Baths and the pigs that had sores were cured. So the prince jumped into the hot springs and was cured also.

Bath Abbey is a Gothic church next door to the Roman Baths. I was impressed most with the ceiling in Bath Abbey. The vaulted ceilings were very artistic. The organist was also playing as we walked through the building. The walls are covered with tombstones. It was fun to stop and read the few we could. We also noticed that there were some on the floor that are no longer legible because of the foot traffic.

I was excited to see the Roman Baths because I have seen so many pictures. I really enjoyed the tour. I thought the museum was very well planned out. It gave a really good picture of what the Baths would have looked like. This was created by sketching the structures onto a huge wall and placing the surviving artifacts where they would have been. I didn't think the water looked really hot, but after going to the pump room and tasting some of the water I realized I was wrong.

We then walked up to the Royal Crescent and took at tour of number 1. It was really interesting to walk through the rooms. I learned that it is called a drawing room because the women would with'draw' from the company of the men. This particular dinning room also had two doors but one of them was fake. They did this too keep symmetry. In the kitchen they had a dog wheel. They trained dogs to run in the wheel to heat the water. It was of course outlawed. The dishes on the plates depicted different scenes of Aesops fables. I spent a lot time here.

After that we headed to the Assembly Hall to see the rooms and the Fashion Museum. The rooms were absolutely amazing. Each room was used for something different; cards, dancing, tea etc... We then went down to the costume museum which was amazing. I loved all of the dresses especially the room that covered the Georgian to the Victorian area....mom you would have loved it. The two other exhibits that I liked were the glues museum and another about wedding fashions during the early 1900s. My favorite part was that they actually had corsets to try on.

I did not make it to the Jane Austen museum, I was very disappointed I didn't have enough time. We then walked through Circus and Queen's Square to look at some beautiful architecture and some more pigs.