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Bath WHERE I ALMOST TAKE A BATH When the Romans invaded the area which is now southwest England, they found a hot spring, and did what any sensible Roman would do. They built a day spa. 
It was discovered a few thousand years later by some construction workers, and
is now tourist central for the Georgian-architecture town of Bath.
The museum plaques say the hot springs and the bath still work, so of course; I have to test the waters. I stick my finger in - very warm, I really get a sudden urge to take a dip: Then I almost get my wish: As I stand up from testing the water, I stumble on that ledge you see in the photo, and start to fall face first in the bath. Thankfully for men (not so for my knee) I fall on my knee. I see something I'm holding plop right in the water. I immediately think it's my digital camera with the luck I've been having keeping my digital photos. I look in the green mirky water and see.. it's the audioguide wand. Whew. The wand doesn't work, but I figure if it's like my cell phone I accidentally washed in Spain, it'll work again when it dries. The Romans believed swimming in and drinking the spring water had healing powers. Since I skinned my knee when I almost fell in the bath; I buy a glass of warm spring water and drink up: Tastes like sulphur. After Bath (or almost taking one), I head back to London and then on to Paris. |
 Bath museum door
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