| Subject: Favorite Place in England |
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I have always disliked history and a couple
of years ago was going to England with a friend to a big horse event at
Badminton but decided that since I was in England I had to suffer thru some
of
the historical stuff. WELL! I have to admit... I got sucked into the history
stuff and it was the highlight of my trip! My favorite place was the Roman
Baths in Bath. It was fascinating!!! After touring the baths you end up in
the Pump Rooms.
We ended our tour around high tea time so we had a beautiful, official,
English High
Tea in a gorgeous dining room. It was like a fairy tale. It was sort of
funny
because as we entered the Roman Baths I asked how long it would take to do
the
tour (you are given a telephone like thing with a number pad and as you move
around the baths everything is labeled with a number - you press the number
and
you get a great recording on the particular spot you are in) and the lady
said
about an hour so I mentally calculated the cost of admission and was trying
to
decide if I wanted to spend the money on the tour, etc. I ended up doing the
tour and my friend and I spent about 3 hours in the place and would have
spent
more time exploring but it was closing. Again, it is a fascinating place and
the history you learn on the little telephone was wonderful. Also, you enter
from a court yard with various shops and a beautiful large Abbey facing the
courtyard. You can easily spend a whole day in Bath and not get bored.
Jackie |