# City of Bath

Continuing from the post about Stonehenge...

After visiting the mysterious stonehenge, our next destination is the City of Bath - one of the oldest city in UK.

One of the most significant landmark is the Pulteney Bridge and the Weir. We took a stroll along the river. Watching the ripples at the weir is definitely a great relaxation!
(To get the weir into the pic, I had to extend my already-freezing hand over the edge of the bridge walls, nearly dropped the poor camera...)

We had a great time walking around the city, exploring every corner of the streets, tunnels and shops. The sunshine was extraordinarily good for UK weather, and it seems like almost everyone in the town has come out to have a nice sun-bathing. We explored some local markets and shops. There was once we saw a "White Shop", which sells everything in white colour, and before long we saw a second shop called "Yellow Shop". Here's the "white" shop... (some ppl might argue these shops contain elements of racism)

We did not enter the Roman Bath House and the Pump Room, due to its unreasonably high price. It was a bit disappointing because I have done quite some research online about it before coming, but the 8.50 pounds is quite a rip-off for a short tour around that place. But anyway, reading about its history online, and looking at the abundant photos online, has more or less provide the picture about the place, so we didn't feel too bad.

We went to other attractions like the Royal Crescent, Sally Lunn (the oldest house in Bath from 1482), the markets and many other interesting small shops.

Instead of focusing on the normal "tourist attractions", I think I shall post some photos of the not-so-normally-seen-corners of Bath. These little discoveries, many of them normally unnoticed, certainly brought surprises and happiness to us. Perhaps, you have noticed the little things too, during your trip there? *^_^*

For example, not only that the shops have peculiar names, even the streets too. Should we keep our voices down when walking on the Queit Street? And the Gay Street sounds interesting too...

Check out the allocation of DOORS in unexpected places! The top part of the photo shows one which is located right next to a roadside stairs. The bottom part shows a very random door which appear in a wall (double-storey high). Imagine walking out of that door and realize, "ooops..."

and how about Jane Austen's centre?

Also, remember to check out the many interesting small shops around the city!

One of the best surprises we got when roaming around the markets is to find our country flag! There is this small but wonderful shop which sells the flags of all countries in the world! (the owner claims so). Well, I found mine!