July 20, 2004
Bath Spa and Lacock Abbey

Today my photo class took a field trip to Lacock Abbey and Bath Spa. Lacock Abbey is where they filmed some of the classroom and cloister scenes in the Harry Potter movies. For some odd reason, I expected it to be more castle like with ornate furniture and drawings. Instead it was pretty much empty with no furniture, but the cloisters were beautiful. Plus the grounds and gardens were extremely peaceful. Just the kind of place to go to get away from the city. The town there was also quite quaint.

I only wpent about 2 hours at Lacock Village and the Abbey because I really wanted to see the Roman Baths at Bath Spa. So I jumped on the train and went to Bath Spa. My first mission was to search for something to eat, we ended up going to a little sandwich shop and had a veggie burger and chips. All was good until I found a bug in my sandwich and Renia found a live worm in hers. It was too late to do anything since we had already eaten 99% of it. After the bug experience, we went to the Roman Baths. I was quite impressed. The baths are spring fed and come out of the ground at about 80 degrees F. Not all of the site has been restored, but what was there is beautify. The original lead liner and drainage systems are still in use. Talk about some amazing engineering.

Tomorrow is a class day and Thursday will be the first company visit for my eCommerce class. Then I am off to Edinburgh for the weekend.

I promise post pictures tomorrow. I have about 500 to go through.

Posted by shawn at July 20, 2004 05:11 PM
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Hi Shawn,


If you could post photos of the Bath Houses when you get a chance. I can't wait to see. Sounds awesome.


Posted by: Brian on July 21, 2004 01:56 PM

Ewww, a bug in your burger, and a worm in your friend's? I've lived in the US all my life and that's never happened to me. I can't believe you want to live there! I'll keep my Old Navy and my Worm-free Veggie Burgers, thanks.

=P

Posted by: David T on July 24, 2004 12:31 PM

i heard about the bug experience. i don't remember the context. makes me glad i'm not a rabbit food eater. i mean, when you're into green things, it's a higher risk you're going to get a hitchhiker in the lettuce, right? ;)

anyway, i emailed you. you might delete it as spam, because of the weird subject line. can't read your illegible AIM scrawl in my addy book. ping me @ anongrrl if you're ever on. if you dare! ;)

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