Bath 2

Our visit to Bath included seeing some really unique and historic sights. Below are two photos of the famous Pultney Bridge. The only one, if I understand correctly, which has shops on both sides of the street. The photo on the left is the river side of the bridge, the one on the right is the street side. We actually stopped and bought some things in the shop on the far end in this picture - under where you see the dome.

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Below is Sally Lunn's. This is one of the two "must eat at" places in Bath (the other is the "Pump House" at the Roman Baths - not to be confused with The Town Pump in Yuba City). The story is that Sally was a huguenot who arrived in the 1600's and started baking very tasty rolls. So the legend of Sally Lunn's Buns (it rhymes) got started. This was her restaurant. Imagine that, a nearly 400 year old eatery. That may be even more impressive than McDonald's. Anyway, it was really quite a high-class place to eat, as you can see by the table setting on the right, but set in this really quaint, ancient building. The food was good and yes, the buns were delightful! If you enlarge the picture you can see the table we at through the window.

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This is the Bed & Breakfast we stayed at in Bath. (Thanks Pam, it was PERFECT!) The name of the place is the Athole House, and the name of the guy standing with Melody is Wolfgang, proprietor of the house. He's also the cook, chauffeur, house keeper, etc. Very nice man.

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The inside of the house was just a beautiful as the outside. On the left is our room, on the right is the view from our window. I almost added a photo of the really nice flat screen TV in our room, but since I didn't post the photo of the pretty chandelier in the room that Melody was so impressed with, I though it only fair to leave off the TV. : )

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If you go to Bath, you HAVE to visit the Jane Austin Center. On the left is Melody standing with Jane in front of the Center. Well, it's not really Jane herself, just a statue. And for those of you who are familiar with, and fans of "Wallace and Grommet", that story was written in the downstairs apartment of the Alfred Street house pictured on the right.

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Just a couple more nice pic's from around town. On the left is a remarkable building built in a half moon shape called the Bath Crescent. The photo on the right is of river boats on the Avon, which flows through Bath. Next time we're there we will surely ride one of these. There just wasn't time on this trip.

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Now for the "coup de gras." One of the museums we visited in Bath was a fashion museum. They has various fashions for women and men through the ages displayed. In one room they had corsets and crinolines you could try on to see how it felt to be dressed in the "old days." The video below is Melody doing her "swish" for the camera. She would have fit right in. . .