The pics below start w/ the abby in Bath, the last great 

medieval church in England. 

The archway in the 5th pic is one of four around the city that 

used to be the main entrances into the city built during 

Roman times. Still standing and in perfect condition!

Jolly's the world's first Dept Store. If you double click 

on this photo to enlarge it, you can see all 3 of us in the 

window, didn't realize that when I was taking it. Finally 

another photo of all three of us :)

Sally Lunn's Restaurant. Sally Lunn came to Bath from 

France in the early 1600's to escape religious persecution 

of the Protestants (?) and went to work for a baker there.

Her recipe for brioche buns became legendary and are still 

being made today at the same location.  We had lunch there, 

and they are incredible! The restaurant is also the oldest 

house in Bath, excavations have found the remains of 

ovens from the ancient Roman Days.  The house has been 

used for many things, but was finally returned to a 

restaurant/bakery, thank goodness. In 1937 Sally Lunn's 

original recipe was found hidden in a secret cupboard 

inside the panelling and is still used to make her

wonderful creation!

The walkway is where Jane Austin used to take her walks

in the afternoon. And the blue door is where she lived while

in Bath before her father died.  It is now the office of an

oral surgeon. What's interesting is that all over the UK 

there are blue markers on buildings where someone 

noteworthy or famous had once lived, but not on this house. 

Marisa and I visited the Jane Austin museum a block

or so down the street. It struck us both as being shabby

and uncared for! It doesn't seem like there is much 

support for Jane Austin by the city of Bath. Maybe 

stemming from her not so glorious commentary about 

the city and it's people?  I was really missing 

the book club I had been in while visiting here!

Below that is the River Arno and the Pulteney Bridge.

The photo of the white door is the house in the Crescent

Circus is where Nicolas Cage lives.  His house number

is 7, it's missing since someone stole it a while back,

and hasn't been replaced. (Circus in the UK means 

circle - I always thought it was called a circus - like 

Piccadilly and Oxford Circus b/c it was crazy busy, 

but no, it just means circle to them!) Johnny Depp

also lives in Bath, and shows up at a local pub to

join in with the band on the weekends.  We didn't

see either of them tho!

Marisa standing at one of the ancient Roman walls,

if you double click on it, you can read the sign!