Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Time to visit the Bath

Hi there folks. Morgan here reporting on last weekends festivities. On Saturday morning we woke up early, hired a car from nearby Shepherd's Bush and headed west with the white cliffs of Dover in our sights. It took ages to get out of London but once we hit the highway it didn't take long before we were there. We had a look around the town, had lunch and drove up to the castle and the cliffs. Its a very scenic place around there and the cliffs did not disappoint. One funny thing that did happen, was that while we were looking out on the ocean wondering if we could see France, I got a message on my mobile saying "Virgin mobile welcomes you to France" So it must not have been far away at all. We next visited Deal Castle which was a strange round looking castle and had a walk along the beach. This was a very surreal experience as their sand was more like medium rocks and the fog was so thick that you could only see perhaps 10 metres in any direction - the strangest beach I have seen. We took a scenic route home and drove through Canterbury and had a nice dinner at a pub at Faversham.

Next morning we were at it again this time heading north east. We first visited Windsor castle, which I would very much recommend, its not really a castle though its really a fortified town or so our audio-guide said. We had a look around the inside of parts of the castle which was really interesting especially where she entertains guests etc.. and the queen was in the castle that day, this is signified by the flag that they fly over the castle. After lunch we drove to the city of Bath. Its quite a big town, very very old looking. We had a bit of a look around and then headed for the Roman baths, which the Romans built over some naturally occurring hot springs, a very interesting experience - especially when I got in trouble from a person who works their posing for one of Aleisha's photos, I could tell the guy thought it was funny though. Also we drank some water from the hot spring.. absolutely revolting. It tasted like hot meat water. I thought I would never drink water again.. but that only lasted about 1 hour.hehe. Overall an interesting couple of excursions. Just a couple of days now until we head to Paris for 3 days on the Eurostar train..
oui oui! A few photos

2 comments:

Anna van Wyk said...

I saw the photos on Steve & Larrissa's blog and I'm glad that you guys had such a great time "looking over the white cliffs of Dover" .....but I just felt a great urge to pull you back out of danger. Must be just me and heights. Anyway, keep having the time of your life and stay healthy and safe. You guys are in our thoughts and prayer.
(Aunty) Ann
PS We enjoy reading about your adventures.

Anna van Wyk said...

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to yoooou
Happy birthday dear Aleisha
Happy 21st birthday to youhoooo!

Hope you had a GREAT birthday. Love from Uncle Wayne & Aunty Ann