I made it (after five train transfers and one bus) to Bath, one of my favorite cities in England.
I arrived late in the evening and, loath to squander the blue sky (in light of tomorrow’s weather forecast), wandered Bath with my heavy backpack till the sun went down.
Now, for a history geek, the biggest draw here is the Roman baths. But for a starving student on a gypsy rover budget, this was not in the cards. So here are the pretty parts of Bath that one can get to for free:
Here’s a lovely covered bridge:
Here’s the other side of that covered bridge. Note that it has shops along it like the Rialto in Venice:
Here’s some lovely Neoclassical architecture over the weir. Much of Bath was built in the 1730s, when it became very much a fashionable address for high society:
Here’s one of the many, many spires. They call Oxford the “City of Spires,” but I think I’ve seen more of them here:
Here’s one of the lovely Georgian terraces:
Here’s the most famous Georgian terrace, called The Circus:
