Roman Baths

Saturday, 24th Jan 2009

Bath-the town where Romans had their public baths is a pretty and lively town situated within an hour's drive from Reading. It was a nice outing for A, K, Sum and myself. We spent lot of time walking around the crowded pretty town, watching street plays, going around in the tourist bus tour, etc before visiting the Roman baths which have been preserved well.
I was impressed to see hot water springs and how they are generated below the earth's surface at 90 deg celsius. By the time this water reaches the surface, it cools down to 46 deg celsius, but still hot enough to stay steamy and boiling. Millions of tons of hot water is generated naturally. Romans have sanctified and built temples around here and the water was supposedly used to cure many diseases.
From here, we drove to Bristol suspension bridge...looks pretty during the night, but of course couldnt see the beautiful scenery around.
10pm-back home