We started our Bath experience (5/28) with a guided walking tour of Bath. This was fun because it was “mayor-making day” which is the day they install the new mayor at Bath Abbey. This led to lots of bell ringing at the abbey. Apparently they are going to try for a full peal of more than 5,000 changes of Cambridge Surprise Royal (3.5 hours of change ringing) next weekend for the platinum jubilee celebration.
We saw many sights in the city. It’s very unique in that the architecture is very uniform. They decided they wanted to be the new Rome of the north so they built all of the buildings with Limestone using Palladian architecture from the 1700s onward. So, the town has a very distinct vibe from that. However, as our guide pointed out, only the fronts of the buildings have to be uniform. The backs can vary. Kinda cool. Then we toured the Roman Baths.
After that we had dinner at Sally Lunn’s famous restaurant and then watched a play called Crimes at Centre Court. It was a hilarious play about murder at a famous tennis tournament (Whombledun) which had every tennis pun you could imagine. There were 4 actors who played all the parts which involved them doing tons of quick changes and set moving. It was great!
David and Heidi’s Travels 