Bath Ymca

... some laundry and saw a few sites at night.  The only one lit was the Abbey so here are a few pics.  The town was bustling though, and full of quaint shops and restaurants. More tomorrow... www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Bath-YMCA/Bath/547 ...

... were very informative and interesting it also helped that we had such beautiful weather. The architecture and style of the buildings in Bath along with the sunshine makes for a beautiful city. Bath is well known for its rugby team so Jeremy, Spencer, and ...

10/2/2011  Jack We are in Bath in the hostel YMCA.  Our room has two bunk beds.  I'm on one of the top bunks. Our room is small.  Bath is a nice town because it small and has beautiful ...

... in two hostels for the two nights we were there. The first one was VERY funky and we were very happy to move to the YMCA the next night. The first day we got there we also went to Stonehenge. It wasn't as amazing as I anticipated, but pretty neat ...

... was so lovely as they had a choir with an opera singer. By the time I got back everyone else was ready for lunch, being a YMCA hostel I am sure there were homeless people there for Christmas lunch just to give you an idea of the people we had lunch ...

... we did (with a little help from the likes of Wikipedia!). For the history nuts there is real historical value in a visit to Bath. It's fascinating to experience places such as this where history dates back to the Roman occupation of Britain (known then as ...

... the fast train from London to Belgium on the 4th (my dads birthday, Happy Birthday Dad).  The train connections back from Bath make things too tight and the trains are quite expensive so we could change the reservation, but we checked and renting a ...

... try some.  They were as good as they looked.   Reenergized by our treats we continued our explorations of Bath. We visited the Pulteney Bridge and the surrounding shops. The Bridge , with Roman arches and pillars carried car and ...

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We started the day with a short walk around the corner to see the old Roman baths.  Pretty amazing! Then we grabbed some lunch-to-go from the local pastie shop and walked over to see the fancy town-homes known as The Circus and The Royal ...

I was very excited to find a hotel room for under $100 per night. We found our way into Bath quite easily and to the YMCA where apparently I forgot to ask if our room had a bathroom en suite or a TV...the basics. When we showed up to the YMCA we had two ...

... city of bath.  A short list follows: -Everything in Bath and its surrounding area must be built of Bathstone (a limestone from Bath quarries).  You can therefore tell the new buildings from the old depending on the brightness of the stone. -The ...

... first day of even slightly cold weather! It has been so hot everyday. We have been very lucky. We first visited the Bath Abbey, which was a very beautiful church, though after seeing westminster it doesn't really compare. We then visited the Jane Austen ...

... chocolate and afternoon tea at a cute little coffee shop. After that, we walked around a bit and stumbled across a place called Bath Thermae Spa (Britain's original and only natural thermal spa). We knew instantly we wanted to laze around in a pool and ...

... booked a couple of beds at the local YMCA we headed out for some dinner at a quaint little Italian place then wandered around the town. Bath was nice as the tourists rolled out for the day. We saw the old Roman Baths, hence the town's name, and the cool ...

... my time here. So on to bath. Bath - 710pm Today was a rough day for me. I was fine until I got to bath, but when I had a really hard time finding the YMCA, and then saw my bare room, I wondered what I had done, and wanted to go home. The y was out of ...

... hedges. I think there might actually be some historical significance to them that I didn't realize before. Exhausted when I got back to Bath so a quiet night hanging out. Most people here at the YMCA pretty much stay to themselves, so other than a few ...

... different from home but still beautiful. Lovely accommodation and company.  Today, onto the train again and headed for Bath and their famous abbey and spa's. Enjoyed an afternoon wandering the strees and the architecure. Off to Manchester on ...

... she did have a BMW convertible which was comfortable enough :)  I met her at Farnham hospital which is quite a hike from the YMCA.  Luckily I met some girls on the bus who were also going to the hospital, it turned out they were nursing students ...