London Day 9... June 3rd

Elyse

Day 9…

Today we went to Bath and saw the Roman Baths and the Fashion Museum…



Seventh Day Adventist Church
Bath, London, England



Street performer playing a
"Hang"



The city of Bath has incredible architecture. There are multiple churches/cathedrals there. I even saw, out of all things that I could have seen, a Seventh Day Adventist church right in the middle of town! Along with many small shops for desserts and sandwiches there were multiple clothing stores inside of these older buildings, with street performers  in front of them attracting more people.



Roman Bath



The Roman Bath is nothing like what I expected… They built up a museum type building around the actual Roman Bath. We had a little hand held device for us to use for any explanation we wanted during the visit, felt like I book was being read to me. The colors of the water from the natural spring are bright green; the stones are warn away and part of it is in ruins or dried up, but being all is trying to be preserved.



Me standing in front of
one of the baths



Also went to the Fashion Museum… It wasn’t big but had tons of dresses from all time periods showing what and how people wore something 100 years ago or even 10 years ago. We even were able to try on corsets and hoop skirts.



Empire Movie Theater
London, Englan

I came back to London early so I could go see a movie. Saw Pirates in 3D in the third largest theater in Europe! Has over 2000 seats. By far the biggest theater I have ever been in. I felt like I was at a red carpet event!!! The seats are extremely comfortable, of course they are red, there are lights lining the floors of the walk ways, and when the movie starts the curtains actually pull back. The whole reason I went to the movies while I am here in London is because we were told the theater was amazing inside but also that they serve you alcohol and actual food in the theater, and Phil can confirm it, they did.

~History Class~

London Day 8... June 2nd

The interior facade of an Exhibit
British Museum



Day 8…,

Today was a slower paced day… I even got to sleep in till about 8, but then it was face paced walking yet again…



Pattern on the floor
British Muesum



Rosetta Stone

I went to the British Museum today and looked through the entire Egyptian exhibit and the exhibit with the Parthenon rocks. The Museums are starting to look the same to me; all of them have an exhibit on Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc… But this museum did have the Rosetta stone in it… The building itself, was the most exciting part for me… It had a giant cylindrical building from floor to ceiling in the middle of it… The ceiling is a large window with mullions making a unique spiral triangle pattern.





Bar at Kitchen Italia

 About 10 of us ended up going to a little place for lunch called Kitchen Italia. The interior was black white and yellow: yellow cabinets, the lighting that hit the ceiling was yellow, tables were black, walls were white, small accents of green basil leaf plants were also added, and the atmosphere was very calm and relaxing.



Portibello Street Market

After going in circles looking for Covent Garden (a place with little shops and such to buy tickets for the shows) a group of us decided to go to the Portobello Market. We walked down this street that seemed like it went on for forever and stopped in almost every shop... There were antique stores, little carts with scarves, jewelry, trinkets, etc… somehow I managed to be the only one that walked away from the street without buying anything (I was pretty proud about that.)

We actually went home early tonight too because no one seemed to be recuperated yet from yesterday… I just relaxed in our Flat while my roommates went slightly crazy (lack of sleep I think), and they chased each other around with water and kept locking each other in the bathroom in the dark… it was pretty funny, and wore everyone out even more!!!

~Roommate fun~

Elyse