Roman Bath

Eileen, Jen and I spent last weekend in Bath. It is a small town 15mins by train out of Bristol and known for its thermal spas, stonehenge and history of Romans and Georgians. Although we did not get to check out the Stonehenge, we did spend a lot of time taking tours around the town.
Since it was Valentines Day, the town was busier than usual with guys treating their partners for a romantic weekend.

The Roman Baths were spectacular! Obviously it is no longer operational but the museum did their best to preserve what’s left and provided models & computer graphics to better describe the ancient grounds.
If the baths are around today, it would only be to accommodate to the rich and famous. The range of different pampering approaches really gave you a better understanding of how the Romans unwind.

We also took a dip in the thermal spas which was overrated. The steam rooms were very relaxing; 4 rooms each with a different scent. I got an ear infection from the baths which left me deaf for 2 weeks. I’m off to Krakow, Poland in 4 weeks and probably Bruges again in 3 weeks. Yes it is a hard life when work sends you to Europe. Only about 6 more months before I move to Paris.
Bath gallery can be viewed here

Bath - 4.5 MB

au revoir

Sam






Bath Abbey









Main Bath








Wishing Well (Spa)








Royal Crescent

Quiet January and Waitangi Day Pub Crawl

Sorry to the 3 people that actually read this blog; I’m fat and lazy to give updates. January has been very low key, I managed to detox for 22 days without drinking a single drop of alcohol. It was probably the hardest time in my life.
It snowed in London last week. It was the biggest snowfall in 18 years. London is so dependant on its public transport system that the whole city came to a halt. Buses were not running, tubes were down and even the overland was having difficulties. No one was able to get to work and for the few that actually got to work, they had to leave or they wouldn’t have been able to make it home.

McLaren and Walker were down in London last weekend and it was perfectly timed as the 2009 Waitangi Day Pub Crawl was about to kick off. We arrived in Notting Hill Gate at 11:00am and cracked open uor first beer. Due to the sheer madness, it was virtually impossible to get into any pubs. There were people everywhere causing havoc to London; traffic came to a standstill!
People were dressed up and having a good time. There were people dressed as the iconic bumble bee, sheep’s, cricket and rugby teams. Streets were getting blocked off to play a bit of cricket and rugby balls were getting kicked around without care of their surroundings. Tumeke!

I did not get to see the haka as it was totally packed at Westminster Square. That’s all for now. I’m off to Bath/Bristol this weekend so will hopefully be able to take some nice photos.
Google won't allow me to upload video's to my web album so I had to upload to their version of youtube.
Waitangi Day gallery can be viewed here

Snow in London – 4.8 MB
Waitangi Day Part 1 – 4.9 MB
Waitangi Day Part 2 – 4.5 MB
Waitangi Day Part 3 – 4.8 MB

Sam




Rubbish Snowman








Weirdos








McLaren and Walker








Quiet space