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| My seafood pasta on girl's night! |
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| The Bath Abbey |
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| In front of the Royal Crescent |
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| The Roman Baths |
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| My corset and hoop skirt ensemble |
Last night was girl's night in Oxford! For the occasion, we got all gussied up, took cute pictures, and went out to dinner. The twelve of us ate at The Living Room (a swanky little joint) and ate very classy. For my meal, I got the seafood linguini, which had an entourage of shrimps, muscles, scallops, etc. all mixed up in buttery, garlic, white wine pasta. Yeah, it was fabulous. Our group did some research beforehand and we found out that we could get dinner and dessert for the same price as the main course, sooooo I followed up the meal with my favorite desert, crème brûlée. On a side note, that has to do with my crème brûlée obsession, Mom and I decided over the Christmas break that when I get married, I'll have a crème brûlée cake (it'll be like a cupcake cake with all the dishes stacked like a cake, but it'll be more delicious because it's crème brûlée and not cake!!). But it's a huge blessing to have such awesome girls on our trip--everyone's a keeper!
Moving along in time, we spent the day in Bath today! Plenty of bath and bathing jokes made as you might guess. We started out the day in the Bath Abbey where we stared in awe for a while at the high ceilings and flying buttresses that surrounded us. After hanging out there for a bit, we made our way to the Roman Baths. Our tickets came with audio guides, which made going through the baths much cooler. They told us every thing about bathing protocol (Dad, there was mixed bathing), when they were constructed (65 A.D.), and how to the water was warmed (by gasses in deep in the Earth). We even got to touch water that they estimate is 10,000 years old. Cool. I love being surrounded by so much history. There is a building called the Royal Crescent in Bath, which is a series of giant curved rooms that form crescent shapes. I've never seen architecture quite like it before. But now, before you judge me for being a girly girl, you should know that our tickets from the baths included this museum as well. And this museum was a fashion museum. BTE (better than expected). It had huge ball gowns from the early 17th century, and then it worked its way through the styles of the 20's and 60's up until the modern day. It was fun to see what things came in and out of style, and what, in my opinion, was never in style to begin with. Some of the pieces were even dedicated by prince Edward, Victoria Beckham, or other notable people. My favorite part, however, was probably the interactive room. We got to try on corsets and hoop skirts from the olden days and pretend to be royalty. Jolly good time. The last thing that was included in our tickets was admission into the Pump House Tea Room. This place has had pilgrims traveling to it from all over the world for centuries because it was believed that the waters had magical healing powers. Like true tourists, we went in and got our free glasses of mineral water. It's literally taken right out of a mineral spring because watched our glasses getting filled---but it tastes like it too; it tastes like bath water (pun intended), but it's true too. Hot and dirty tasting. At least I was healed of the ailments plaguing my body. Bath is a great day trip that I would recommend to other Oxford travelers. Cheap, educational, and fun!
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