On arriving in Bath yesterday we instantly loved it! We like it so much that we cancelled our first night in London to stay here longer! That the entire city is stunning is definitely down to the Bath stone that adorns every building, the Palladian and Georgian architecture, and the beautiful hilly surrounds. I want my house to have Bath stone!

We started with a city bus tour before going into Bath Abbey. Bath Abbey had a very humbling effect on us. The Abbey takes you in with it's intricate masonry, showing angels climbing up and down from heaven, the stained glass, and the magnificent plaques packing the walls (second only to Westminster Abbey for the number of plaques). It is said the design came to the Reverend ... in a dream back in 1499. Wherever it came from, ourselves and everyone around us continued to stare, as new details emerged. It was lovely to just sit in the pews and enjoy the space.

Today we went on a walking tour of the city which was once again a lot of fun. The weather was gorgeous and all of Bath was radiant in the sunshine, especially around the River Avon. We saw where Nicholas Cage lived in Royal Circus, the elegant Royal Crescent, Sally Lunn's bakery, and the Assembly Rooms. We learnt about Jane Austen's connection with Bath and the play hard lifestyle of holidaying elite in Bath during the Georgian era. Everything was so nice - I took a lot of photos!

Over lunch we took the skylines tour up into the hills overlooking Bath and stopped at Priory Park, where a man who became rich - by revolutionising the British postal system, by expanding the use of Bath stone and bringing Palladian architecture to Bath - built a Palladian mansion "too see all of Bath and for all of Bath to see". The house is now part of a posh school, but the huge grounds are open to the public and it was lovely to walk around them on such a nice day. We headed back into town to finally see the Roman Baths. At first it looked quite small, as though there was only one bath. As we followed followed the audio tour, we ended up underground where you realise just how large the place was - it was buried underground for centuries and only rediscovered in the 19th century. There were a vast number of baths and saunas and it was also connected to a large Roman temple - truly making it the social and spiritual centre of Bath in Roman times.

We also ate dinner at one of Jamie Oliver's restaurant "Jamie's Italian" which was a bit of fun. Once again we met some lovely people, Steph and Julia from Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. They've been traveling for three months already will be traveling for four months altogether just like us, so it was great hearing their stories and advice on traveling for such a long time. So overall it was most definitely worth the extra time spent in Bath!