Day 7: On to Wales
The journey begins in London, England. We then proceed west through Southern England before crossing into Wales. The religion of England and Wales is Protestantism and the currency is the pound sterling.
We then take a boat west to enter Ireland. Ireland is a very independent nation where the main religion is Roman Catholicism. Their currency in Ireland is the EuroDollar. We travel through Ireland, including their capital city of Dublin.
We proceed north crossing into Northern Ireland, an important part of the United Kingdom where the primary religion is Protestantism and their currency is that of the United Kingdom which is the pound sterling.
We then travel by boat east to the Island of Great Britain (which is the countries of England, Wales and Scotland) back into England before proceeding north to Scotland. The religion in Scotland is Protestantism and their currency is the pound sterling.
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The hot water bubbling up from under the earth is moved around to several different bath and cleaning areas that the Romans created.
The photo below shows from where on the earth the water bubbled up, and the 3 baths that the Romans created below the water is removed down the river.
Before going on to Wales, we left Plymouth at approximately 8:30 am, stopping at a little village in England called Glastonbury at 9:30 am. We stopped there for 30 minutes while Sid, the driver of our coach, could replenish the vehicle with petro (as they say in England). We then drove on to our next stop in England...the city of Bath.
The city took its name from the hot water baths that the Romans created in the early first century CE. And their baths with the steaming water from mother earth still bubbling up from the group still happening today.
The Romans were known for being people who worked to keep the human body clean. They Romans were also known for their technology skills that built their baths. I posted only a couple photos here...look below to see all the photos I took of their Roman baths!
We next went 27 miles west from Plymouth to Polperro, a very small village with times going back hundreds of years. The entire terrain is England is so beautiful, green and bountiful with trees, green grass and crops. However, once you get off the highways, the roadways are incredibly small. Many times, the "coach" and cars traveling in the opposite direction would have to stop and proceed extremely slow through the terrain to squeeze through. Of course, our driver, Sid, is just incredible for what he does.
Here are only 2 photos, but scroll down to the photos below to view the great complex that has been preserved today in England 2,000 years after it was all created!
In Glastonbury, England
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Photos of the Roman Baths
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Photos of Cardiff, Wales
Roman Baths
Entering the country of Wales
After 2.5 hours in Bath visiting the Roman ruins and having lunch, we then moved northwest to enter the country of Wales. It is part of Great Britain, but it did become independent in 1955. Though it is a small nation of just over 3 million people with their own language--Welsh--but they also speak English as seen by signs throughout the country that are in both languages. We arrived in their capital city of Cardiff where we attend a dinner show. My dinner was of lamp pie and their fabulous local ice cream!
Other Roman leftovers were found from signs around their building to their Roman walkways.
Also in Bath...
Signs throughout the city in both Welsh and English.
