Everything From Bath to London

Yesterday we all went to Bath as a program, although it was mostly for the benefit of the Jane Austen class which I'm not in. I know this is one of our excursions most people have been looking forward to, including myself, so everybody was quite excited. It wasn't exactly the best weather for a field trip at all, unfortunately. We drove through huge storms on our way there, and still had a bit of drizzle once we got there. Of course the first thing we did in Bath (after getting some food from the local pub) was check out the Roman Baths still in the city. Of course it was amazing getting the chance to see some of the old history from the Baths, as many of you may know it used to be my dream of becoming an archeologist when I grew up. The water was still as green as I remembered and I had only wish I could have dipped in to the hot springs on the chilly day that it was. We then stopped by the Bath Abbey, who was having a sermon involving some history on John Wesley, and admired the architecture inside of it. Although none of us are in the Austen class, we did stop by the 'Austen Centre' to look at some of the souvenirs and gifts they had at the place. Outside they had somebody dressed up in old times whom we stopped and talked to for a bit, until it went from just weird and uncomfortable to creepy; so we just up and left the place! We then just wandered and explored Bath on ourselves to see what there was. We found a couple of really cute boutiques, but sadly didn't purchase anything.

Today was another eventful day. A large group of the students decided that they wanted to spend the day in London, since most of them had never been there before. I decided to tag along not wanting to be bored and alone in Oxford, and also knowing the city somewhat. My background of London, no matter how little it was, really helped with guiding us around. We did a lot of the touristy things I've already done such as Parliament, Big Ben, and the British Library. Some of us split up to check out the inside of Westminster Abbey, although I ultimately decided that I didn't want to spend 12 pounds checking it out, and just admired it from the outside with some others. The new thing I did get to check out was the Tate Museum, which included the works of Da Vinci, Van Gogh, and Monet. We ended up stopping in some little Italian place we found on the corner and I got some Lasagna, which had some very flavorful cheese, but was overall quite delicious! Although my experience wasn't quite as exciting as everybody else's, it was still a blast to go.

I still want to go to the Tower of London before the end of the summer, since there's a new exhibit I want to check out over King Henry VIII. Plus a couple of people want to see the British Museum, so I'm expecting we'll make at least 1 more trip in to London this program.

Well, I am having lots of difficulty staying awake right now, so much more later! Love y'all!