We have both been very busy with work the last couple of weeks. Damien’s job has been very time demanding so he isn’t getting home until 8pm some nights. This means we are both pretty tired but the show must go on and we have to make the most of our now limited time in London. In an effort to get out and about a bit more, Damien has started booking things left right and centre. There has also been some Christmas parties to keep us busy, Thursday night was the Axcis Christmas party, Friday night was Damien’s work party and then Saturday was an early morning for our Bath and Stonehenge tour.
This weekend we had a day trip to Bath and Stonehenge. We had already had a weekend in Bath and visited Stonehenge for my birthday earlier in the year but Damien won a magazine competition so it didn’t cost us a cent. We were up early after a long week and headed to Kensington, where we were getting picked up. It was then 2hours on the bus straight down to Stonehenge. It was cool to see it again, but still it’s hard to be overly impressed by Stonehenge, it really is just a few rocks in a paddock!
An hour later we arrived in Bath, for a very brief guided tour, basically the bus driving around town with us straining our necks to look out the windows. Once off the bus we headed to the Roman Baths, which we didn’t visit on our last trip. This was really nice, part museum, part roman ruins and part roman baths. Sadly we weren’t allowed to go swimming!
The rest of the afternoon was spent wandering around the Christmas Markets which were scattered all over town. Bath is a really nice city, lovely old buildings, but once again way too busy! The markets were good, we didn’t buy much more than food and drinks but the stalls did have nicer things than the London Christmas Markets, handmade wooden carvings and decorations etc. Sadly all too soon it was time to join the heard back on the bus and head back to London, about a 3 hour trip.
We arrived home at about 7pm, to a pleasant surprise. The 4 Spanish girls we have been living with were organising a big Spanish feast as a farewell dinner. They have been studying in London for a semester. They wouldn’t even let us help with the cooking, which drove Christine mad! Later that night we enjoyed a great feed of Spanish Tortilla, cured meats and salads. Thanks girls, we would love to come and visit in Barcelona some day!
This weekend we had a day trip to Bath and Stonehenge. We had already had a weekend in Bath and visited Stonehenge for my birthday earlier in the year but Damien won a magazine competition so it didn’t cost us a cent. We were up early after a long week and headed to Kensington, where we were getting picked up. It was then 2hours on the bus straight down to Stonehenge. It was cool to see it again, but still it’s hard to be overly impressed by Stonehenge, it really is just a few rocks in a paddock!
An hour later we arrived in Bath, for a very brief guided tour, basically the bus driving around town with us straining our necks to look out the windows. Once off the bus we headed to the Roman Baths, which we didn’t visit on our last trip. This was really nice, part museum, part roman ruins and part roman baths. Sadly we weren’t allowed to go swimming!
The rest of the afternoon was spent wandering around the Christmas Markets which were scattered all over town. Bath is a really nice city, lovely old buildings, but once again way too busy! The markets were good, we didn’t buy much more than food and drinks but the stalls did have nicer things than the London Christmas Markets, handmade wooden carvings and decorations etc. Sadly all too soon it was time to join the heard back on the bus and head back to London, about a 3 hour trip.
We arrived home at about 7pm, to a pleasant surprise. The 4 Spanish girls we have been living with were organising a big Spanish feast as a farewell dinner. They have been studying in London for a semester. They wouldn’t even let us help with the cooking, which drove Christine mad! Later that night we enjoyed a great feed of Spanish Tortilla, cured meats and salads. Thanks girls, we would love to come and visit in Barcelona some day!
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