After Salisbury Cathedral that day we headed on to Bath. Saw this hotel on the way to the Roman Baths.
“And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.” – Isa 111:6
So Lion and Lamb is right after all (:
The baths were beautiful.
There was a pretend “King” saying a prayer to Sulis Minerva, the lady goddess of the water. The water was bubbling and smoking not because of the heat but because of the minerals.
So the Romans believed that there was a special power in the water and that the goddess was magically making it bubble. They came to this place to take baths, and these were social events that would take up the whole day.
From one pool to the other the romans would go, to the sauna, then into rooms where they were scrubbed clean, then into cold water baths.
a picture of the cold water baths. Don’t know which stupid Singaporean was feeling rich.
That’s it for now, something’s wrong with the internet connection and pictures are not being uploaded. This trip’s been great so far, we’ve been to Stratford-upon-Avon and watched Romeo and Juliet by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Warwick Castle, Cambridge for punting and to see the colleges and see relatives, and London for Les Miserables in West End!! Much much more to come, when the internet is working again.
I’m not really looking forward to going back to the stressful humid life in Singapore. Bah.