Southwestern Trip: Bath

Our trip to the southwest of England was really nice. We saw many beautiful things and places. We hiked along the coast of the Irish Sea! The first place we went was Bath. I liked Bath quite a lot. We went to the Holburne Art Museum, the Roman Baths, and the Royal Crescent.

The Roman Baths. You could see the steam rising from them- just not in this picture. There was a museum around the baths that showed models of how the baths would've been in Roman times. There was even a fun tutorial on the headset for kids, but I listened to some and it had 'characters' from Roman times explaining things. It was fun!

Me and my bunkmate Lauren.

I put my foot in it! It's slippery on the end and people apparently fall in all the time. One worker said he'd seen four in a month. And one was a bride that got married there!

Jane Austen lived in Bath for a little while. This was where she lived- #4. The sign says: Here lived Jane Austen 1801-1805. It seemed like no one was living in it right now, but we could totally see the people that lived next door through their window. They probably see people taking pictures out there all the time.

A Smattering Pt. II

Here are some random pictures I want to post:

Stairway at Chatsworth House.

I appreciate this- Chatsworth House.

Rydal Mount- William Wordsworth

Photo op at John Ruskin's home. Thought it seemed out of place.

So much rain! Lake District

Ferguson and Forsyth tartans- Scotland

From the bus window- Northern England

Our bus

Stairs at Kew Gardens

Harrods. Got a yummy sandwich there.

Scorpion toffee at Fortnum and Mason. Also had ant lollies and scorpion vodka.

This dog was just hanging out on this man's shoulders on Portobello Rd. The man wasn't even holding onto the pup! I was scared he'd fall off! Molly would just as soon die as do that.

Biggest mango I've ever seen. I bought it and there was some rot on the inside.

Brits miss Steve too. Picture taken from top tier of bus on Oxford Street.

Well I'm off to the Southwest of England this week! Ciao!

Fall is in the air!

In Utah it seems like Fall is always skipped. So I'm grateful to be in London right now so I can experience my favorite season. Here are some phone pics from Kensington Gardens.

This picture isn't very fall-y.

One of my favorite things about Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park is that dogs literally run freely about. It makes me so happy. Squirrels also run freely about, and dogs chase them. Here's a squirrel mid leap. Birds and squirrels are so used to humans in these parks that sometimes they come right up to you.

Shakespeare's Globe

Last Friday, September 30th, we went to Much Ado About Nothing at the Globe Theatre. It was really fun. We were groundlings, meaning we had to stand the whole time. Luckily I was standing at the back so I could lean against a wall if I got too tired. It was fun because the play is a comedy and the actors interact with the audience. Several times a plane flew overhead. One time the actor, who was in a monologue, stopped and looked up quizzically at the plane as if he really was in Shakespearean times. It was funny.

P.S.- I have to give a talk in church today. Eek!

Abbey Road

On Monday a few of us went to Abbey Road. It's only a couple stops away from where we live so it wasn't too bad getting there. There were already people there taking pictures and we waited our turn. It is on a relatively busy street, so we had to wait for the lulls in traffic too. We definitely wanted to get "the" shot and were willing to spend some time getting it. It took a lot of practice, and maybe people were annoyed with us. But who cares! Luckily this guy came up and handed us flyers for his Beatles merchandise shop. The flyer had the Abbey Road cover on it and we realized we had been doing it all wrong! We had to walk really close together and our legs were supposed to form Vs. So we went until we couldn't do it anymore. We didn't get any perfect shots, but we got one that is okay.

I wrote 'Ya Beatles!' I couldn't think of anything else.

At first I was a little bugged that my hair was covering my face too much. But after looking at the Beatles shot I realized that in it John's hair is covering his face too! Perfect!

Princess Procession!

Last Sunday, Disney crowned Rapunzel as the tenth official princess, and they decided to do the coronation at Kensington Palace. Right across the street from us! The 'coronation' was ticket only, but they had a free procession of all the princesses coming through Hyde Park and into Kensington Palace. We went and it was a beautiful sunny day. The park was filled with people.

Round Pond in Kensington Gardens.

All the cute little princesses waiting for the procession.

My cute friend Brooklynn waiting.

They were all sitting in horse drawn carriages. So magical.

Photo by Kendal Nisson