Take a bath?...No, I'll just go there!

A group of 4 girls and I decided to go to Bath today. It was Kathryn Barnes, Katie Gager, Meiko Ishigaki, Dana Hollingsworth, and me! I found out that they were going last night and decided that it sounded fun. We walked to the train station this morning at about 8:30AM. Our train left at 9:20. We switched trains once and then got to Bath at about 10:30. It only cost us L12.50 for a round trip ticket. We walked to the Roman baths first. They had a combined ticket for there and the Museum of Costumes. We spent 2 hours at the baths easily! It was really neat. It's been over 2,000 years and the system of filtering the water through still works as well as it did then. It was pretty cold outside so there was steam coming off the water. We all felt of the water and it felt like bath water (surprise surprise)! There were many rooms that had individual baths in them. It was really cool to see remains of the building too. Right before we went into the baths, we walked by a group of people in a big circle cheering. We were curious about what was going on, so we made our way in the circle and saw 2 men in man thongs performing some kind of acrobatics. It was quite interesting! We got a good laugh! Then we walked to the Museum of Costumes. This was a museum about the progression of clothing from the 1700s until today. It started off with huge dresses with many layers and then ended with a dress that was like Jennifer Lopez's favorites (low cut)! It was really interesting! We even got to try on corsets! I definitely would not have been able to live during that era. Then we went to a market and looked around at a few shops. We went into a really neat antique shop too! Then we walked to what is called "The Circus". It is actually a circle that has houses built around it. It was really cool architecture. The we went to the park area and looked out across Bath from a hill. It was gorgeous. The city looks like a bowl with rolling hills along the edges. All the way up the sides of the city are houses built up the hill. It's really neat. When we were walking down town, we saw a guy riding a 10 foot unicycle and juggling 3 flame sticks. He even tossed one under his leg while riding! Then we went to the Abbey and actually went to a service. There was a choir of little girls who sang. It was beautiful. Then we caught a train back to Oxford and ate at Ali's Indian restaurant again! It is so good and so cheap! We saved our money and appetite because it's so worth it! It was a day well spent!