Day Eighteen

Fun fact: I'm pretty sure there's no such thing as censorship here. We've passed numerous ads that would never have been allowed up in the States. And apparently today, Joe was walking around in Bath and a crowd formed for some reason, I'm not sure of the details...but two older men stripped completely and ran around or something like that. I'm not sure if they were trying to make a statement or, well I don't know. I'm just glad I was nowhere near there to witness such an event.

We traveled to Bath today. Another terrifying adventure in the 12 passenger van with a crazy driver. He actually hit a parked car this evening and I couldn't even count how many times we were beeped at or how many times he stalled the van. Thankfully, God kept us safe and that's the last bus ride we have.

We dropped by Stonehenge on the way. It's a pile of stones...really not that exciting. I was more interested in the sheep nearby, but I couldn't get them to come close enough so I could touch them. My audio guide was broken and in Spanish so I was not all that impressed with Stonehenge. One of the seven wonders of the world?...maybe they should reconsider.

Bath was great. The architecture in the town was beautiful...more stone and longer buildings. It felt more homey and inviting somehow, rather than the austerior, striking architecture of Oxford. We spent some time checking out the Roman baths. Then the girls went to the Jane Austen museum, which was really neat, especially having just finished watching Pride and Prejudice. We then walked around the city for an hour, saw the Circus and the Royal Crescent, which probably means nothing to you. It was very pretty.

We're back early and still hostless until tomorrow night. I've enjoyed taking on the 'mother' role and emptying the dishwasher and setting up for breakfast and all that fun stuff.

It feels great knowing I don't have any work hanging over my head and I can just enjoy the last few days.