Bubble Bath

Hello All!

Well, I arrived home from Bath the other day and all I can say is WOW. It was so beautiful and everything I imagined it and more. We drove in and got the most amazing view of the town and then went into the centre to try and find a car park... what a saga that was. My hat goes off to Sheridan who has somehow managed to navigate her way around England... honestly - they cannot drive here it's insane!!

So our first stop was the Roman Baths which were really interesting. I managed to get down and touch the water and tried to convince myself that it had magical superpowers to keep me healthy for all of eternity, the Romans believed it worked so hey... there must be some truth in it : )


We then went onto the Jane Austin museum as Reg and I are pretty big fans. They had costumes on display that had been used in some of the Jane Austin films which was pretty interesting. We then went upstairs for a traditional devonshire tea where I successfully reminded myself why I don't drink tea...I don't like it. Although I am thinking that the 3 sugar cubes I dumped in my cup may have had something to do with it, it was a traditional tea set and I was more than somewhat entertained by the little tongs that were used to pick up the sugar with...I blame jet lag : )


So after that we found our hotel and checked in. I wish I had some photos of the hotel because it was so lovely. It was a big old house that had been converted into a bed and breakfast and we were left in there on our own for the night as the owner was away and we were the only guests!!

We went into town and found this really cool little pub and I indulged myself in a couple of bottles of cider (my new love) and then we hit the vodkas... After dinner and a few too many drinks, we went into a nightclub that was filled with all these English clubber kids...honestly, I felt like a chaperon at an under-age disco...lol We were all in thongs as well so trying to dance was interesting. We decided to call it a night and caught a cab with the nicest taxi driver in the world. He was from Poland and quickly got nicknamed Louie as none of us could pronounce his name and it was the closest thing to it.


We woke up the next morning and I was way too chipper for my liking, considering everyone else was wearing their hangover faces. I got up and went straight into the bathroom as I had been eyeing off our beautiful shower which looked like it had water pressure... To fill you all in, very few showers in the UK have good water pressure. Ours is awful and it takes nearly an hour to wash conditioner out of my hair. So when we first checked in and I saw that beautiful shower head with all it's glorious pressure nozzles I couldn't wait to get in and lap up the luxury.... So the lady that checked us in mentioned that there was some trick to our shower head to get the hot water running. I obviously missed the trick or wasn't paying attention because I couldn't get the stupid thing to go hot. So in 17 degree weather I had the most pressurised freakin cold shower in the world. It woke me up to say the least!!


We had breakfast, piled into the car and then it finally hit me. I felt awful!!! We pulled over at a service station which are all like mini shopping centres and we all got out for some much needed Burger King.

So - that was Bath in a nutshell. Definitely my most favourite place I have been so far.

On our way back home we stopped in at Windsor Castle which was breathtaking. We walked around with Audio devices up to our ears... so over the audio devices by the way. They are like the old analogue phones and EVERY tourist attraction you go to uses them as interactive guides. We lined up for about thirty minutes to see the famous Dolls House which was beautiful. Kimberley and Shez were both really cold but I didn't feel chilled at all and thanked my ice-cold shower for my new found resistance to the cold. We walked through the rest of the castle and I was absolutely starstruck, gob smacked and in awe when we hit the battle room. They had a coat there which had been seized in from one of Napoleaons trunks... All that history, right infront of us.... I couldn't believe that i was actually looking at somelthing that had been worn by Napolean!!

We finished off in the gift shop where I bought a Crown Key Ring for my new house keys and Kimberley bought Windsor Castle slippers which I wish I had of bought now. We then walked accross the bridge to Eton and saw where Prince William and Harry went to school and then back in the car homewood bound.

Well, I had better sign off for tonight. I am again in my pyjamas eating dinner and watching Friends. I am heading into St Albans Town Centre tomorrow to buy some shoes!!! Went to London today to see Charlotte but will blog on that tomorrow.

Thanks to all who messaged me, I miss you all and love being able to email everyone!

Will speak soon and blog again tomorrow : )

Luv F xxx