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| The Roman Baths |
We arrived in Bath by midday on Thursday with just enough time to drop off our luggage at our hotel before we headed out for our small group tour to the Lacock Village Trust and Stonehenge. We had done quite a bit of research on the best way to get to Stonehenge without a car as it is located in the middle of the countryside about an hour's drive from the town of Bath. We settled on Mad Max Tours and were happy we did. Our tour guide was wonderful and we thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon visiting both the historical village of Lacock and the more famous Stonehenge.
If you think you aren't familiar with the Lacock Village, think again. It was actually used in the filming of both Harry Potter and Pride and Prejudice. When we saw the cute village we understood why. And it was interesting to learn that basically the only way you can live there is if your family has lived there for generations before. While you only needed a few minutes to make your way around the entire village, the quaintness of the town made it easy to want to just relax and spend an entire afternoon there as well. However, with limited time available, after a brief tour we made our way onto Stonehenge.
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| Cute homes in Lacock |
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| Emma's preferred method of transportation on our trip! |
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| The local baker delivers (or used to!) |
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| Beautiful Abbey in Lacock |
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| The sheep gate at the Abbey... allowed people into church, but kept the sheep out! |
As expected, while impressive, Stonehenge was a bit anti-climatic. Without a doubt the mystery surrounding the formation and how the stones were moved there is fascinating, but at least for us a brief walk around the stones was all that was needed. And while the day had started out quite warm it was quickly getting very windy, cold, and rainy and we welcomed the hour ride back to Stonehenge out of the elements.
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| Wish Emma knew what a big deal this place is! |
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| The stones were still pretty impressive in size |
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| Quick family photo before it started to rain |
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| So close to walking! |
Once we were back in Bath we found a local Thai restaurant (Thai food is very popular in Bath) for dinner. While Emma seemed to still struggle still a little during the day with her teeth coming in, she seemed to feel quite a bit better by dinner and was very happy to have much of the restaurant to ourselves. And lucky for her the waitresses loved her and wanted to seemingly play with her all evening! She could have done this all night with the waitresses encouraging her on, just listen to those squeals of excitement...
Come Friday, our agenda was to explore Bath before a late night flight to Dublin. We started the day by heading to the Roman Baths where we were quite intrigued to learn how the baths functioned as the focal point for the city hundreds of years ago. From there we took a quick tour inside the beautiful Abbey, enjoyed some more fish and chips at a small pub, and meandered around the Circus and Royal Crescent which are both superb examples of the Georgian architecture that the city is famous for. We also made our way to the Pulteney Bridge and Gardens and enjoyed some of the cute shops in the city before it was time make our way to the airport.
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| The Roman Bath |
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| The Abbey |
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| The Circus |
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| Pulteney Bridge |
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| Exploring the gardens around Pulteney Bridge |
While it was a quick stop, we were very happy with our choice to spend a little time outside of London and take in the English countryside as well as to visit one of the world's most fascinating sights in Stonehenge. However, we would both be lying to say that we weren't probably more excited about the second week of our trip ahead in Ireland!
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