BATH ENGLAND/STONEHENDGE

I had these in order and they got all mixed up when I moved them from Picasa.  I'll try to fix that later.  Dana, Dan & I took an overnight road trip to Stonehenge, Bath & Cardiff, Wales.  It kept getting dark too soon, so some of our pics are beautiful showing the lights.  Some of them just got dark...whatever.  Bath felt like it was a Storybook Land.  We tried to go to tea at a couple of places, but they had closed earlier than was advertised.  The pics of us with the fans are at the Jane Austen Centre.  The Pump Room was closed when we got there, or they saw us coming and we weren't Upper Crust enough so they closed the doors.  We took a pic through the window.  Next to it is the Roman Baths, and next to that is the Abbey with catacombs under it...creepy.  It was freezing cold, and we were running all over quickly.  Dan took the amazing pics of the Avon with the bridge and scene of the city. 

 



Dana & Dan were really good at figuring out where we were.




The Royal Crescent. It was the first row of townhouses that formed an arc neighborhood. There was a park in front of them, and a cobblestone road.





We went to the Jane Austen Centre. It was a museum and information center. We learned language of saying things with your fan without words.





The Pultney Bridge over the river Avon.




This is an awesome shop window. It had all kinds of silver and jewelry. You can see the teapot windchimes with spoons hanging, at the top of the picture. Such a fun idea!





The back of the Abbey.




Street decorations, I think in Cardiff, Wales. Or it could be Bath, England...it's all a blur.




Definitely Bath. I had never seen such classy street decorations as chandeliers, before.





Inside the Pump Room. You can see the fountain pump thingy where you get water to drink that was believed to be good for you, back in the day. It smells & tastes like sulphur.




Only the Upper Class went into the Pump Room. Hence, we took pictures through the window.  Not really, we could have gone in if it hadn't closed before we got there.





The Abbey in Bath. It was right next to the Roman Bath & the Pump Room.





Inside the Abbey. Each window pane had a depiction of Christ's life. It was very dark and majestic.





We kept seeing tombstone dedications on the walls, benches and floor. They usually said something to the effect of someone being layed to rest nearby or here lies. We realized we were standing on catacombs...kind of creepy.





Stonehenge. We drove there on our way to Bath. It was out in the middle of nowhere. It was beautiful countryside with sheep and rolling green hills. The stones used to form a circle, and were place in such a way that the shadows fell certain ways at certain times of the year. They may have showed when the solstaces were. No one know exactly how they were moved to there or exactly why. There were also barrows nearyby, which were mass graves mounded up, now covered with grass.




On top of the tall stone you can see a bump. That's how they kept the crosswise stones on top...like a puzzle piece.