It's hard to believe that in only a few weeks Trevor and I will have been married for an entire year...I could swear that we got married a few days ago. But, this is not the only important milestone worthy of celebration, somehow February turned out to be the month where everything is happening all at once. Obviously, we will be celebrating valentines day while celebrating our anniversary on the 14th of February, and the next day would be my birthday on the 15th, and the 19th marks the first day we started dating 7 YEARS AGO! So, in honor of all these events and the fact we are in a beautiful country we decided we would explore a little bit of the area by starting with what is said to be “the most romantic spot” in the UK, Bath City. Our itinerary is as follows...
The most important stop I want to make is to a Royal Roman Bath called "The Great Bath". This is an area fed by hot springs where Romans used to bathe, but today the museum does not allow anyone in the water...sigh. Well probably for good reason, with the bath having many layers of lead, but still. Archaeological evidence from the site showed that the baths were treated like a shrine to the goddess Sulis Minerva, when a Roman felt that another had done wrong upon him (such as stealing his clothes at the baths) they would use curse tablets writing the name of the suspects and place it somewhere to be read by the goddess (Bowman, et.al, 2007).
The Great Bath
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There are statues overlooking The Great Bath which include prominent Roman figures such as governors, emperors or military leaders.
Great Bath Statues
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| (milestonestours.com) Even though we can't step foot in The Great Bath there is a wonderful spa next door called Thermae Bath Spa. The baths at the spa are fed by natural springs, just like the real thing! We plan to spend a half a day in the baths, and one hour getting a couples massage. For me it would be really easy to lose as much money in a spa as a gambler could lose in the casinos...but that is why Trevor will be there to make sure I don't get too out of hand! The Royal Bath  (visitbathshop.co.uk) Mineral Bath, Whirlpool and Lazy River  (tasburghhouse.co.uk) I am not lying when I say that I could live at this spa...looking at it makes me never want to go home and we have never even been here before. When we are not at the baths we plan on getting in some sightseeing. Bath is known for it's amazing architecture, including the Pulteney Bridge, The Royal Crescent buildings as an example of Georgian Architecture, Prior Park Landscape Garden, and The Bath Abbey. The Pulteney Bridge  The Royal Crescent Buildings  (wayfaring.info) Prior Park Landscape Garden  (cotswolds.info) The Bath Abbey  (religiousintelligence.org) The Bath Abbey Vaulted Ceiling  After we finish all of our sightseeing we will take a relaxing boat cruise around Bath City. Bath City Boat Tour  I also plan on sneaking in some shopping, and we have 3 nights and 4 days of which to accommodate all of this adventure. So, from Monday the 13th through the end of Thursday the 16th Trevor and I will be incognito, laying low, and relaxing with each other. And as it turns out there will be a little puppy along for the adventure! We were originally making plans to go out of country to Paris or Rome, but because we have a little bundle of joy that does not have his pet travel scheme currently, this is not an option this year. You can tell us we coddle our pet too much, and you may be right. However, we don't have any family here, or friends that we can trust leaving our dog with here. We have people that I am sure would but our discomfort with leaving him with someone who doesn't understand rescue dogs, or someone who is inexperienced and accidentally leaves the door open and he runs out and gets killed in the road...we are just not going to chance it. There are shelters, but they not only cost money, but Trevor and I would never let him go back to one of those, not even for a brief stay. Both of us know that we would be incapable of enjoying the vacation if we didn't know that our dog was somewhere safe. So an anniversary vacation with our dog it is! It turned out for the best anyway, because we are really excited about this local hence less time en-route destination, it will be cheaper and more fun. We will post a new blog with our own pictures after we come back. |
That is awesome! I hope you guys have a ton of fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks, we are really excited to finally get some travelling in. It's just so expensive we might only be able to do it once a year, lol. I hope everything works out.
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