The South West of the United Kingdom is famous for its beaches and seaside towns. A visit to St. Ives immediately became apparent, coupled with recommendations from friends who had visited the town.
The public car park was situated about 10 minutes walk away from the town, keeping traffic congestion in the town center at bay. Cobbled stone roads and pavements snaked around the hillside town with houses and shops closely built together. The path down to the seaside was littered with restaurants, souvenir shops and water sport shops, testament to its status as a vacation destination.
Different from the rocky seaside of Plymouth, one can actually run along the sandy beach on low tide. The weather was perfect throughout our one day visit here. This brought everyone out of the warmth of the living room and brought the chilly, breezy beach to life.
St. Ives has proven to be a relaxing and rejuvenating place to be in:- fresh seafood, cozy restaurants, active beach , warm cottages, fresh flowers, happy holiday-makers.
A walk in Bath Abbey reminded us of the many churches, cathedrals and abbeys we visited during the trip in Paris and London. Detailed with lively wooden sculptures, stone plaques of importance, stained glass windows with biblical stories, magnificent organs for mass, enigmatic crypts, we still did not develop an eye to look into the different features unique to these Houses of God.
Museum of Bath educates throngs of visitors everyday with its artifacts, curators, articles and the fact that the museum itself was situated on the excavation site of the Roman Baths. It was truly amazing that such a wonder was brought back to light. It laid hidden all these years as civilizations after civilizations built cities over the site.
Oh look, lets give him a hand to try out the thermal water!
