Who Can Be Ever Tired of Bath?

     I know, I am quoting dear Jane again, this time from Northanger Abbey. But what can I say, the novel was set in this city and was written, at least partially, while Austen lived here. Although in a later book she wrote of Bath with far less affection, both John and I fell in love with the city.

     Was it our flat, dripping with charm of a bygone era? Or our location on Abbey Green with a courtyard of tea houses and pubs on one side and the Abbey itself on the other? Maybe it was just that Bath has so many stories to tell, from the Romans to the Georgians to the present.

    Our search for these stories took us into the Abbey where Edgar was crowned King of England in 973.

  



 Other stories took us to the Sally Lunn museum and restaurant for a tale and a taste of delicious and famous buns and bread

http://www.sallylunns.co.uk/.   

    You would assume that we would naturally have visited the Jane Austen Center here in her city. However locals told us it is more of a store to sell books and themed souvenirs. We took their advice and instead went to the Fashion museum and Assembly Rooms https://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/.  The assembly rooms were where the elite came to meet and greet, dance and gamble five nights a week. These chandeliers, which cost thousands of dollars each had their own story. During the Blitz of WWII, Bath experienced bombing from Germany. The chandeliers were taken down and hidden (just in case) then re installed after the war.

Naturally, no trip to Bath could be complete without a visit to the Baths. Believing in both the physical and spiritual benefits of the mineral water the Romans built a series of rooms here, including a temple to Sulis Minerva.Among the many ancient artifacts here are a collection of curses. These are requests to the gods that someone be punished for a believed crime or insult. These were written on pieces of lead and thrown into the pools.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2669296/May-thief-mad-blind-Roman-curse-tablets-etched-messages-revenge-added-heritage-register.html

Although you can't do more than touch the water now there is a fountain for you to enjoy the benefits of the water.

     From the very old Romans to the very current street performers,(including the walking comedy tour) the stories of Bath are everywhere. There is so much to love, we can never be tired of Bath.