Bath, United Kingdom (2008)

One day in July 2008, I went on a drive around England with Carmel, J-Zed, Sarang and Claire. We stopped by Bath to check out the old Roman ruins from the natural hot springs (or bath).


On our way to Bath, we passed through Swindon and “The Magic Roundabout,” which is a center circle roundabout surrounded by five smaller roundabouts. You have to go counter-clockwise around the center one, and clockwise around the smaller ones. We tried to get J-Zed to go around every single one on one go, but after almost getting into two accidents in 4 seconds on our third try, we felt that we had sufficiently experienced the magic.

 


Magic roundabout schematic.

 


Round and round we go.

 

 


Weir in Bath.

 


Church at Bath.

 


Near the Roman ruins.

 


Aha, entrance to the Roman Baths.

 


Ancient drainage system.

 


This is what Bath used to look like according to an artist’s rendition.

 


The Roman Bath in all its glory.

 


Still steamy.

 


Church overlooking Bath.

 


Hmm, the socialvibe.com pink ball strikes again…not sure how that happened.

 


Wha..oh right…heh.

 


More paparazzi catching me behind-the-scenes.

 


The result of the previous picture.

 


A couple selfies.

 


Hmm.

 


The cooling pool for after the hot water.

 


Ancient Romans changing for the cooling pool.

 


J-Zed styles her hair in the fashion of the time.

 


Bye-bye Bath!