London: Oxford & Bath

We went to London Oct 3-13. Scott has gotten a bunch of miles with work and I've wanted to go to London forever. Initially we weren't planning to be gone for so long but with flights it just worked best to be gone this long. In the end, perhaps it was a bit too long but we had a great time.

Yes, I know that Oxford and Bath are not in London. We landed Sat, Oct 4 in the morning, rented a car and spent 2 days in the countryside. It was terrifying and beautiful. Terrifying was driving on the other side of the road. Being in the county was actually really difficult because you didn't have a car to follow and keep yourself on the correct side. We had a few close calls... The happiest moment of our trip was returning that rental car and knowing that someone else would do the driving for the rest of the trip. Stress.

If you look closely at the water you'll see that it was POURING in Oxford. We pre-booked a river cruise so that's what we did. Thankfully they had a top so we stayed dry.

It was beautiful to wander around campus and enjoy the architecture and rich history of our surroundings. Oxford is actually a conglomeration of 34 (?) colleges so there's not really a "main campus". Everything we saw was beautiful.

After a nice lunch we drove out to Bath where the weather was much better.

As with everywhere in Eurpoe: there was a cathedral

and it was beautiful.

Our main attraction in Bath was the Roman Baths.

We got an excellent tour of the saunas and other amenities the Romans added.

Don't mind these photos with no real context. 

I already forgot why I took the picture but it's for your viewing pleasure.

And the bath itself.

These stacks were below the flooring and they would pump fires nearby and blow the smoke around the stacks to heat up the floors. Poor slaves who maintained them.

We spent the night near Bath and then it was onto Stonehenge, Salisbury and Windsor Castle!