England-2011-bath
Bath Excursion, Saturday/Sunday 12/13 February, 2011
Preparation
- Before Saturday morning you should read/skim the Wikipedia page about Bath (see below) to learn about the history of Bath and what's there.
- Look through the list of museums, sites, etc. (see below) and think about which ones you might want to visit.
Travel
Bath is located about 100 miles west of London, we'll be taking the train for this excursion.
Lodging
Plan
When we get to Cambridge we'll split-up into groups based on which museums/sites/etc we plan on visiting. Lunch will be on your own and then we'll meet for dinner around 17:30. That should give us enough time to eat and make it back to the train station for our 20:15 ride back to London.
Bloggers
We will need two volunteers from the studio audience to take pictures and write-up/post a blog entry about this excursion. Get in touch if you are interested.
Science, Technology and Society
About Bath
Bath is a very old city, the charter was granted in 1590 and history of the city goes back to the time of the Romans (~AD 43) when it was established as a spa resort. There are many sites in and around Bath related to this history.
Remember that your cultural allowances are good in Bath too, just save your receipts and turn them in to Charlie to be reimbursed after the trip. If you want to keep the stub just photocopy it first and turn-in the photocopy for reimbursement.
- Bath's Wikipedia entry
- Places of interest in Bath (Wikipedia)
Museums
- Jane Austen Centre
Sites
- The Roman Baths (Wikipedia) - this is a must see
- Royal Crescent
- The Circus
- Kennet and Avon Canal
- Pulteney Bridge
