Bath, day 1

Slept in a bit, forgot what time breakfast was and missed it. Got dressed and strolled out on the streets without my map, just for fun. Bath is a really cute town, with a downtown feel only you can walk from one end to the other in about 5 minutes. I like it.

Followed the signs to the Jane Austen Center, where a scary mannequin of a lady in period dress and a not scary real life man in period clothes guarded the doorway. Got my ticket and went upstairs to the info speech from the guide lady. Learned all about Jane's family and where and when she stayed in Bath.

(this blurry picture was her house for a while.)


The museum was mostly little displays of costumes and writing desks and plaques about 19th century Christmas games. At the end was a letter from Emma Thompson to the museum giving them a few exclusive pictures from Sense and Sensibility. Emma Thompson is funny. Her p.s. was longer than her letter.

I made the assumption I couldn't take photos, but now that I think of it I never saw any signs, so that's my fault.

I was hoping the gift shop had a Jane cameo or something, but no such luck (which was probably good so I didn't buy anything). Did have lots of I <3 Darcy things. :3


Wandered out of the center and towards a fruit and veggie stall, and bought 3 apples since I decided I was very hungry after not eating for about 29 hours. Best apple of my life.
Then my stomach was like, oh yeah, food! so I had to stop for a warm Danish pastry sandwichy thingy, but it was kinda messy so I couldn't eat much on the go.

Found my way up to the bus stop for Stonehenge, arrived just a few minutes before they left. I hadn't made a reservation and they said they were full, but I stood around a bit and turned out they had one extra seat so I took it.

Could only view S.H. from one side, as path around was all snowed up.



It was awfully cold. Went back to the bus early.
One of the other people on the bus was from Oregon. That was cool.
Everyone else on the bus was asian. In fact, most the people I see around town are asian. The other tenants in my hostel room are asian. Why are they all in Bath? It's a bit weird and confusing.

But I digress.

After S.H. we went to a small town (name forgotten) which was cool because it's where they've filmed some Harry Potter, a bit of the BBC Pride and Prejudice, and even some other not important stuff.





Then we came back. Ate the rest of my cold danish in bed, updated the blog, talked to Maggie on facebook chat, realized the girls in the room were never going to shut up and go to sleep, so dived under the covers around 11.
I remember waking up around 3:30 and being amazed that it was so quiet in the room. Not sure if that's really when they went to sleep or if that's just when I noticed it, though.