After nearly missing our bus due to loosing our tickets (I was having the worse travel luck!) we made it to Bristol and our next home exchange. Here we exchanged cars as well and was totally weirded out by driving on the "wrong" side of the road with the steering wheel on the "wrong" side as well. We hoped to see the huge hot air balloon festival but alas it was rained out the whole weekend. The car ride was just as exciting though. The following day we realized that the cats we were taking care of had fleas, and so did all the furniture, and that those weren't mosquito bits we were scratching. The rest of the trip we tried to avoid
being home. We walked around Bristol and saw the jets fly pass with red and blue smoke (the only thing the festival had to offer). The girls enjoyed throwing leaves into the river before we decided to take a ferry to the other side and check out the big ships on t
he other side. We got to explore a 3 mast sailing ship and see the bunk beds suspended from the hull. On Monday we headed to Stone Henge. It was just a big pile of rocks, though pretty cool how far the ancient Druid's had to move them, across land and water. We've heard their are better Druid rock formations. On the way home our bad travel luck struck again when Ted hit the curb and popped the tire. It did give the girls and I time to che
ck out this beautiful empty hotel that had a terrific play area. That behind us we headed to Bath the next day. I loved the small botanic garden we came across and Ted especially loved touring the old Roman bath house.
It was wonderfully eerie to step back in time and see so much well preserved artifacts and parts of the original building dating back thousands of years. The museum did a great job making you feel like you were observing Roman's socializing and enjoying a day at this natural hotspring spa. Despite the weather we ventured to Cotswald the last day. Cotswald was and is currently a mining town. Large quarry pits are dug and tons of rocks and gravel are extracted, every home in the town was made of this stone and each had a beautiful stone wall surrounding them. As these pits are dug they eventually reach ground water and begin filling up. As a result there are probably over 40 little man made lakes in this town, revegetated and very natural looking. We hiked around one and played at the playground, taking cover inside a little castle when the rain came. We finished off our trip by eating at a beautiful little hometown pub, needless to say England is not well known for it's cuisine.
After nearly missing our bus due to loosing our tickets (I was having the worse travel luck!) we made it to Bristol and our next home exchange. Here we exchanged cars as well and was totally weirded out by driving on the "wrong" side of the road with the steering wheel on the "wrong" side as well. We hoped to see the huge hot air balloon festival but alas it was rained out the whole weekend. The car ride was just as exciting though. The following day we realized that the cats we were taking care of had fleas, and so did all the furniture, and that those weren't mosquito bits we were scratching. The rest of the trip we tried to avoid 
being home. We walked around Bristol and saw the jets fly pass with red and blue smoke (the only thing the festival had to offer). The girls enjoyed throwing leaves into the river before we decided to take a ferry to the other side and check out the big ships on t
he other side. We got to explore a 3 mast sailing ship and see the bunk beds suspended from the hull. On Monday we headed to Stone Henge. It was just a big pile of rocks, though pretty cool how far the ancient Druid's had to move them, across land and water. We've heard their are better Druid rock formations. On the way home our bad travel luck struck again when Ted hit the curb and popped the tire. It did give the girls and I time to che
ck out this beautiful empty hotel that had a terrific play area. That behind us we headed to Bath the next day. I loved the small botanic garden we came across and Ted especially loved touring the old Roman bath house. 
It was wonderfully eerie to step back in time and see so much well preserved artifacts and parts of the original building dating back thousands of years. The museum did a great job making you feel like you were observing Roman's socializing and enjoying a day at this natural hotspring spa. Despite the weather we ventured to Cotswald the last day. Cotswald was and is currently a mining town. Large quarry pits are dug and tons of rocks and gravel are extracted, every home in the town was made of this stone and each had a beautiful stone wall surrounding them. As these pits are dug they eventually reach ground water and begin filling up. As a result there are probably over 40 little man made lakes in this town, revegetated and very natural looking. We hiked around one and played at the playground, taking cover inside a little castle when the rain came. We finished off our trip by eating at a beautiful little hometown pub, needless to say England is not well known for it's cuisine.
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