Moving Day, Walking Tour & JA's Emma

Full English breakfast at the Belmont
Host: Archie ("Bunker") Watson
Permission to leave bags till midday in dining room
Failed to get someone to lend us a landline (B&B, Lloyd's Bank)
Marks & Spencer (M&S) for men's clothes (Eric a shirt, Joe some pants), but didn't find something that fit the bill. Joe & I waited in their "foodhall," me sketching, Joe surfing.
Croissants and coffee at Bertinet Bakery. Big time YUM

Moved backpacks from Belmont to Cumberland Row. Got in to "drop off" our bags just as the cleaning staff was finishing up, so we didn't have to leave right away!

Sunny and warm today. Met the free tour guide Martin in front of the Abbey at 2pm for a walking tour. Fascinating!!

100-400AD Romans. Baths below street level
Post-Romans: baths' maintenance fell off
Medieval period: access to the hot springs
Building of hospital related to Bishop's desire to shorten time in purgatory
Martin Luther and Guttenberg Bible: no reference to purgatory
"Hospital" becomes associated with caring for the sick
Tudor period: destroyed monasteries, abbeys and churches (destroy the roof so the rest will decay)
Later: churches rebuilt as Church of England (no-neck St. Paul’s new head carved out of his original beard!)

1700s: Heyday of Bath:
Ralph Allen, stone magnate
Richard "Beau" Nash: master of ceremonies (gambling and dancing)
John Wood, the Elder: builder
Building of architecture that reflected Roman roots: the Circus (named for the circle, 3 entrances for the Trinity, open to sky as the roof)
Building into the form of the land: the Royal Crescent: each story had different columns: Corinthian, Ionic,. Doric
Financial crash in 1793: end of Bath development, end of Georgian era and beginning of Napoleon's era and rise of France

Back to AirBnB to rehydrate and take a break

Out for dinner, then Emma at the Bath Theatre Royal, built in the mid-1770s.

Wonderful time at Emma. The theatre and the production were great! Dinner: smoked haddock linguine. Super yummy at a neighborhood pub.

After Emma, we went out with Simon and Davina. Simon and Eric were buddies in college, so it was fun hearing some of their escapades. 🤣

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