Bath

After a sitting in grueling London traffic, we finally managed to get to Heathrow airport to get our bus connection to Bath. The bus was nice and spacious and by far the cheapest way to travel throughout the U.K. Once outside of London, a very luscious and bright green countryside presented itself as a welcomed change of scenery. The bus stopped in various small towns in between and it was nice to see smaller, more quaint English villages. At the bus station, my cousin Ludwig (Ludy) was there waiting for us and was very proud of his recently acquired drivers license and new car. The last time I had seen him was ten years ago when he had visited California, so as you can imagine I was quite shocked! From there we dropped out packs at his house, picked up Johann my other cousin, and did a tour through the city. I hadn't been to Bath in ten years so a lot had changed but it was nice to see familiar sites. After a hearty meal of Kebabs (which both Jared and I are obsessed with) Ludy asked us if we wanted to go out on the town........which of course we did. After meeting up with some of his classmates from school we headed to his favorite pub, “The Pig and the Fiddle.” After one round, he wanted to take us dancing so we headed to a club called (and I am not making this up) Poo Na Na's. It was a pretty humorous experience since it was “American College Night” at the club so I seriously got a kick out of the English interpretation of “college night.” It was pretty accurate for the most part....except the club was full of 16-18 year olds. All in all it was probably the best night I have had on my trip so far.....it was so nice to hang out with my cousin and meet his friends. In the morning we enjoyed coffee and breakfast with Deanie and Bill and the cousins as well. Now it is back to London for a night and then off to Harwich to catch the boat to Amsterdam!