{"id":234,"date":"2007-06-13T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ansatejones.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/13\/england-day-4-bath\/"},"modified":"2007-06-13T16:00:03","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T00:00:03","slug":"england-day-4-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ansatejones.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/13\/england-day-4-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"england day 4: bath"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>from sept 06<\/p>\n<p><strong>bath in general:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/buildingfront20.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/cityangles16.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/ken6032.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nreally all there is to do in bath is the bath, and the abbey.  and this amazing chocolatier near both of those things. but it&#8217;s still a pretty place.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pillars.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pillars2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>the minerva-sulis bath<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>so the bath at bath was loaded with information.  it was one of those places where you get those little handheld remote control thingummy ear devices and everyone walks around with their heads tilted, listening to voices only they can hear, but y&#8217;know, it was an ok place. since i don&#8217;t care about history and i can read, i gave up on the audio thing pretty quickly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/gifts5950.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/gifts5951.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ngifts for the goddess minerva-sulis.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pieces5976.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nhere they tried to reconstruct an archway or some such.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/headwords5975.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/dogboy5972.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ni think this is a guy and some hunting dogs, but for all i know they&#8217;re sheep.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/mosaic5969.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/peering5959.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ni saw someone else doing this and really liked the way it looked, so i staged my own.  taken by ken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/tombstones5973.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ni always manage to find the tombstones in everything.<\/p>\n<p><strong>next page: still in the baths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>still in the baths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/courtyd5947.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/statue19.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/statues22.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/statues5984.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/courtyd5948.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/courtyd6003.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/waters14.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nwe&#8230; didn&#8217;t go in the waters.  now i wish i&#8217;d had time (and money) for a spa, at least elsewhere in bath.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/courtyd6004.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/ken5997.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/me5995.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ntaken by ken.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pillar6009.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/tiles5987.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nin the sauna rooms, these tiles would be supporting the floor so that steam could rise from underneath&#8230; or something. it&#8217;s been ten months, i&#8217;m a little fuzzy on the details \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>next page: still in the baths<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>still in the baths!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/wfall5981.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nevery now and then there&#8217;d be a little waterfall, or aqueduct thingy, and i&#8217;d try and try to get a decent picture.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/wfall5982.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/aque5964.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/aque5999.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/waterpillars15.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/waterpillars17.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pond5990.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthere was also this incredible wishing pond.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pond5992.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pond5994.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/pond6001.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>next page: onward to the bath abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>bath abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchfront1.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nthis was actually the first thing i took pictures of in bath. it&#8217;s gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchfront6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchfront7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchfronttree.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchangles.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchsignage6010.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nimmediately upon entering there&#8217;s a ton of old-school signage. it reminded me of a bulletin board in a coffee shop.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchfloor6014.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/churchceil6011.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/tombnap6017.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/window6023.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/angled6026.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/antleraltar6025.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n&#8230;antlers?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/statue6027.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>next page: still in bath abbey, and back to the train!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>still in bath abbey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/basinlady6015.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/spires6024.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nsome of these i liked better sideways.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/bible6030.jpg\" \/><br \/>\ni love  how it&#8217;s resting on the back of an eagle. america ftw!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/candles6022.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/candles6029.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/tracks6036.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>back to the train!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/kentrain6039.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/me6041.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/webstuff\/digitalis\/england\/bath\/me6044.jpg\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><small><b>please do not comment in livejournal. follow <a href=\"http:\/\/ansate.moosheep.org\/painomelette\/index.php\/links\/2007\/06\/13\/england_day_4_bath\">this<\/a> link to comment at my blog.<\/b><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from sept 06 bath in general: really all there is to do in bath is the bath, and the abbey. and this amazing chocolatier near both of those things. but it&#8217;s still a pretty place. the minerva-sulis bath so the bath at bath was loaded with information. it was one of those places where you 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