Day 2: Bath

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       Convincing a group of college students that "waking up early is fun!" is near impossible - especially when said students are jet-lagged and are without coffee in a foreign country.  We piled on our newly-acquired coach bus and made our way from London to the picturesque town of Bath.  
      We passed beautiful countryside, with these gorgeous fields of golden flowers that seemingly stretched on for miles:


Follow the yellow brick road?
      Upon our arrival in Bath, we dropped off our luggage for our not-ready-yet rooms and headed into town for some lunch.  We passed this cafe and I thought it was only fitting that I take a picture to document the irony:



     We had a delicious lunch at this wonderful place, seated outside in the beautiful sunshine as we people-watched and sipped elderflower water for the first time:


      Bath itself is absolutely breath-taking.  It's the perfect blend of small-town charm, with the accommodations of the modern world.  It's definitely the kind of place I could imagine myself retiring to one day when I'm old and grey...


     Bath Abbey, of enormous historical significance and worldly fame, consumes a large portion of the center of town.










      Bath was definitely tourist-plentiful, but much less crowded and chaotic than the busy streets of London.  It's refreshing and lovely, a place I could imagine myself living one day.

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