Bath and Stonehenge

Today we took a trip to Bath and to Stonehenge. Both are amazing in different ways, but only one was I able to really appreciate. It might be like the theatre in that I just don't get it.

Bath was fascinating as we were able to see Roman structures that date back something like 5000 years! It had been buried and was just discovered around 300 years ago (I think). I enjoyed hearing about the thinking when the city of Bath was built. There was a concerted effort that homes should be "palaces on a human scale." To accomplish this, they made the attached houses look very regal and designed the roads to maximize the view as the homeowner approached. For example, the Circus (a road that is like a big round-about), only had three roads so that as you entered, you always saw the full view of the homes. another interesting piece of trivia, is that the diameter of the Circle ws to match the diameter of Stonehenge!

While that was interesting, my great accomplishment in Bath is that I climbed the 212 steps to the top of the tower of the Bath Abbey! I may never walk again, but what a view! In the pictures to the right, you can see the clock near the top of the tower and a picture of the back of that very same clock! After that, we climbed another 30 steps, or so, to the tower that you can see beyond the Roman Bath. The most humorous part of the day is that I got a sausage roll for lunch. It had a real flakey crust, which kept dropping as I stood outside and ate. The next thing I know, I had my own personal pigeon waiting at my feet to collect my crumbs! Kind of reminded me of Dutchess!

After Bath, we headed to Stonehenge. I have to admit that I don't understand the fascination here. I can appreciate that it is a huge deal that someone felt compelled to move these huge stones to this place and configure them like they did, but if we don't now why they did it, then why is it so interesting? Maybe I was just tired and someday, I'll look back on this and appreciate more having been there.


After all those steps and all this time travel, I'm tired.