Day trip to Bath

So, I guess yesterday was Valentine's Day... I kept forgetting that it was. I went with a group of girls, seven including me, to Bath for the day. When we got there we kind of wondered around until we found the Sally Lunn's Restaurant where we were to get the famous "Sally Lunn's Bun." The house in which the restaurant was located is the oldest house in Bath; it's from the 1400's. We got our buns, which turned out to be very similar to heated up hamburger buns with cinnamon butter melted on top. It was good, but probably not worth the £4. 

We then found signs that pointed us to the area with the Abbey and the Roman Baths. After grabbing a map in tourist office, we saw a crowd and went to see what they were watching. We found that there were two men putting on a torch-throwing, sparkler-holding kind of show... wearing only thongs, shoes and socks. I guess you never know what you'll find in Europe. The funniest part of the whole thing was that a wedding reception was taking place right inside from the show. You could see the bride through the window looking out with a bothered look on her face. I also found it interesting that parents were encouraging their children to watch the show and to give the men money at the end. Europeans seem to have a very different view of decency than Americans. I don't necessarily think all of it is completely terrible, since some Americans can be overly cautious. It's just something I've noticed through experiences like this and watching British commercials. 

Anyways... After the show, we toured the Roman Baths. The baths are really well-preserved and full of a ton of history. There are spas in the town that still use the water from the same spring. A few of the girls were going to do that later in the day but it ended up not working out. We went to the famous Royal Crescent street built in the 18th century... And looked at it for a couple minutes and then left. After this we went to the Abbey... and found out that it had closed for the day 30 minutes earlier.

We went for high tea at the pump room attached to the Roman Baths. The room used to be used for balls and other similar events. The water from the hot spring would be pumped into the room (hence the name, the pump room) and people would drink it by the glass as a "healing beverage". We tasted it and could not understand how it would possible to drink gallons a day of that stuff as people used to do. After tasting the odd-tasting, warm water, I had tea with some pastries which were delicious!

After tea, we went to the Fashion Museum. They have outfits from the 16th century until present. We got there about 45 minutes before it closed so we had to rush but we were able to see the crazy styles and beautiful styles from a lot of decades. When our adventure through the museum was complete, some of us went on towards the train station, but made a couple stops in stores and for food. The other group went to do the Bath spa, but ended up not doing it because of lines. It was a really good day trip. I might have to go back since we were not able to see the inside of the Abbey and we didn't make it to the American museum... Ok I was joking about that last one, not about its existence but about wanting to go to it. 

Another piece of information of note: I booked my flights for my next travel break. I'm going to Budapest, Hungary and Vienna, Austria! More on that later... Thanks for reading my blog.