Bath

While we were in Wales, we decided to take a short train trip to the city of Bath. If you have ever read any Jane Austen books or seen the movies, the city of Bath is a huge part of many of her books. Bath was a popular place to visit during the 18th century. It was a place to shop, see friends and take part in the hot springs, which were said to have medicinal properties. The Romans built a spa/ baths around the hot springs in AD 43, some of the remains are still there today.

Today Bath is a a great shopping area and a tourist attraction because of Jane Austen and the Roman Baths.

For me it was fun to pretend to be from the 19th century and walk the same streets that Jane Austen did.

The circle

The Royal Crescent

We went to the fashion museum and they had a place where you could try on a crinolines and corsets.

Clothes from the 19th century

We visited the Jane Austen museum, which was informative, but kind of boring. We did have tea and scones in the tea room there, which was delicious. All of the employees dress up in time period, which was fun to see.

Me and Jane

Kit hanging out  near the abbey.

A street performer, playing the violin on a tight rope.

Inside the roman baths.

The abbey

The roman baths were  excavated and they built a museum around it. This was a main wall in the original bath. this is what it would have looked like

and what it actually looks like

The source of the hot springs. It was orange from all of the minerals in it.

The water was green here from the different types of minerals also.

We had a fun visit to Bath, pictures from London next :)